Mexico.- The Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) supported the use of the Pegasus systembut ruled out that it has been used in this administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO).
In a statement, Sedena also explained that military intelligence is not used against citizens, journalists or activists.
“In relation to the contracting the Pegasus servicethis was done from June 27, 2011 to August 24, 2013 and was employed solely and exclusively for maintain the security and operational capacity of the Mexican Army and Air Forcethrough intelligence actions, information that has been made public,” the institution detailed.
The report, which specified the type of military intelligence used, was requested this morning by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, after being questioned about the contracting of this software in 2019.
For this reason, Sedena stated that, in accordance with the missions established in the Organic Law of the Mexican Army and Air Force, and the Fifth Transitory of the Constitutional Reform in matters of National Guard and Public Security, the Mexican Army and Air Force are empowered to carry out intelligence activities during the development of operations against organized crime.
“In these operations, intelligence is prioritized over the use of force.to guarantee a greater margin of safety in the actions of the troops and other public security forces and, at the same time, reduce the fatality rate, prioritizing the safety of the population at all times,” he argued.
“The primary purpose of intelligence activities is to carry out arrest of leaders of criminal organizations and generators of violence, the location of facilities used as drug production and storage centers, in addition to the securing of weapons and other important results in terms of public security”.
The unit reported that thanks to the use of this intelligence in the current administration, it has achieved the arrest of 13 relevant operators and 115 generators of violence from different criminal organizations.
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The armed institute acknowledged that it has a military intelligence system with human resources and technological tools, such as aerial surveillance systems, encryption, satellite images (location of drug plantations and effects of the DN-III-E Plan).
“Among others, that allow them to fulfill their original missions of national defense and internal security and others of a social nature, stipulated in our legal framework.”
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