Argentina: The prosecution is investigating complaints accusing the former president of spying on his countrymen

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Saturday 30 May 2020 – 10:58 p
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Saturday 30 May 2020 – 10:58 p

The Argentine prosecution has opened a preliminary investigation against the former right-wing president Mauricio Macri, on suspicion that he requested spying on the heads of companies, employees, artists, and figures from the opposition and from his majority during his tenure.

“Russia Today” channel reported that the complaint was submitted by Christina Camanyo, who was commissioned by the current left-wing president, Alberto Fernandez, to conduct an audit of the FBI’s work to reorganize it.

Judicial sources indicated that Camanyo says in her complaint: “The e-mails of about a hundred people were spied on without orders from the judiciary.” Information material was confiscated from the FBI and handed over to the judiciary.

Jorge de Liu, the federal prosecutor, expanded a preliminary investigation against then-chief of Intelligence Gustavo Arribas and other employees, stating that among those spied on were ambassadors, journalists working on TV channels, union leaders, businessmen, representatives, and state governors, not only from the opposition, but also from the parliamentary majority. then.

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