Mexico Leader Asks Obama for Probe into U.S. Spy Claims
Mexico's leader said Thursday he asked U.S. President Barack Obama to order an investigation into allegations the National Security Agency spied on him, and punish those responsible if laws were broken.
"The Mexican government has made it clear that there must be an investigation and that there must be sanctions if there were acts that were outside international agreements and outside the law," President Enrique Pena Nieto said after speaking with Obama by telephone.
Pena Nieto made his remarks to Russia Today television, which were aired by Mexican radio, on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit in Saint Petersburg that the two leaders are attending.
Their conversation came four days after U.S. journalist Glenn Greenwald, who has access to documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, reported that the spy agency hacked Pena Nieto's emails before his election last year.
Greenwald also told Brazil's Globo television that the NSA had monitored the online activities of President Dilma Rousseff, who is also attending the G20 meeting.
The allegations have put in doubt Rousseff's visit to Washington on October 23. Officials said Thursday that a trip Saturday by a Brazilian delegation to prepare her visit was cancelled.
Source: Agence France Presse
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