The candidate for the presidency of Mexico for an opposition coalition, Xóchitl Gálvez, denounced that
her telephone number was disclosed on social networks
, which represents a new case of data leak that has affected several figures of the ruling party in Mexico.
Gálvez published on the social network X, formerly Twitter, that
after the leak he began to receive hate messages
.
He ruled out, however, that he intends to change his number, unlike some official leaders affected by the leaks, and invited his followers to send him messages.
“Among the messages I have received
they criticize my extra kilos, and they criticize
my crooked teeth.
Don't worry, that goes away.
What does not go away is the love of the hundreds of messages of support, encouragement and solidarity that have reached me.
And those stay there,” she added.
The case of the candidate of the Fuerza y Corazón por México coalition, which is made up of the National Action (PAN), Institutional Revolutionary (PRI) and Democratic Revolution (PRD) parties, occurs one day after
José Ramón López Beltrán
, eldest son of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and the official presidential candidate
Claudia Sheinbaum
denounced the publication of their phone numbers on social networks.
"The morning"
Those affected include the general coordinator of Social Communication of the Presidency, Jesús Ramírez;
Mario Delgado and Citlalli Hernández, national president and general secretary of the ruling Morena party, respectively, and the official deputy Gerardo Fernández Noroña, a member of Sheinbaum's campaign team.
The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Photo EFE
The leaks occur after the controversy generated after
López Obrador's daily conference, the telephone number of the head of the New York Times correspondent
in Mexico, Natalie Kitroeff, was disclosed.
The incident led the National Institute of Transparency, Access to Information and Protection of Personal Data (INAI) — an autonomous body — to launch an investigation into the possible violation of a personal data protection law.
Kitroeff's telephone number was released last Thursday
in the president's daily conference, known as “la mañanera,” in which López Obrador answered a questionnaire sent to him by the American newspaper as part of the report he made on alleged millionaire contributions from drug traffickers. to people close to the president before the 2018 elections. United States federal authorities carried out investigations into the alleged financing and subsequently closed the case.
The White House, opponents and organizations defending press freedom
attacked the disclosure of the number
of the New York Times journalist.
López Obrador rejected that his action was improper and assured that
he was willing to release a journalist's telephone number again
, even though that could go against personal data protection regulations.
“Above that law is the moral authority and the political authority, and I represent a country, and I represent a people that deserves respect,” he said.
Adrián Alcalá, president commissioner of the INAI, said on Saturday on social networks that the organization will exercise its powers to
ensure the right to protection of personal data in Mexico.
Fernández Noroña announced on Sunday that the Cyber Police are already carrying out an investigation to find the person responsible for disseminating the telephone numbers of López Beltrán and Sheinbaum.
YouTube removed the February 22 conference in which Kitroeff's number was broadcast
for “violating community standards
,” the president reported on his X account.
López Obrador questioned the decision and stated that the platform had an “arrogant and authoritarian attitude” and is “in full decline.”
Source: AP
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