It’s a list that includes powerful members of Mexico’s government.
And, court records show, they were all recently under surveillance by the Mexico City attorney general’s office.
At least 14 written orders reviewed by The New York Times show that the attorney general directed Mexico’s largest telecommunications company to hand over the phone and text records, as well as location data, of more than a dozen prominent Mexican officials and politicians.
Telcel, the telecommunications company, acknowledged in a court filing reviewed by The Times that it had received the orders and handed over the records, which spanned from 2021 until earlier this year.
The surveillance included both opponents of the governing Morena party and its allies.
Organizations:
The New York Times, The Times, Morena
Locations:
It’s, Mexico City