Espionage Reported at Guatemala’s Civil Intelligence Agency

[Judi Lynn]

Espionage Reported at Guatemala’s Civil Intelligence Agency
03:51 17.12.2015(updated 04:03 17.12.2015)

Guatemalan authorities are investigating allegations of espionage at the General Directorate of Civil Intelligence (DIGICI), the country’s Interior Minister Eunice Mendizabal announced.


MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – The investigation concerns "the possible existence of a computer being used for this purpose (espionage)," Mendizabal said on Wednesday as quoted by La Hora newspaper.

The minister did not provide any further details.

According to La Hora, Guatemala’s Public Ministry (MP) raided the headquarters of DIGICI last week, following reports of suspicious activity at the institution.

DIGICI, Guatemala’s new civilian intelligence agency, was established in 2007 within the Interior Ministry. Its primary purpose is to gather information on organized crime.

http://sptnkne.ws/arv5

(Short article, no more at link.)

[forest444]

1. Very reminiscent of the Frank LaRue case (UN Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression) in 2013.

Several computers and documents belonging to LaRue were "stolen" from his office in Guatemala City on July 31, 2013, shortly after he declared his support for Snowden in his capacity as a UN official; the case has never been solved.

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=13605&LangID=E

[Judi Lynn]

2. That burglary was extremely strange, wasn't it?

Looks as if it's definitely beyond any ordinary local break-in, for sure. Too bad to consider it will probably always be "unsolved."

Ominous. Looks like a threat to a UN official.

Thank you.