Colombia spying on journalists reporting on peace talks: Univision

Source: Colombia Reports - Univision, El Espectador, etc.

Colombia spying on journalists reporting on peace talks: Univision
Feb 10, 2014 posted by Mimi Yagoub

New revelations in the spying scandal that has cast a shadow over ongoing peace talks between the Colombian government and the country’s FARC rebel group since early last week indicate that, apart from opposition politicians and delegates from the peace talks themselves, the Colombian Army was also recording the communications of journalists covering the negotiations.

In a ground-breaking report that came only days after Colombia’s Semana magazine released the original story, the US-based Univision media company revealed Saturday what it claims is exclusive evidence that groups of Colombian military intelligence hackers have been intercepting thousands of emails between spokespeople for Colombia’s oldest rebel group and international journalists.

A correspondence of 2,638 emails sent between FARC spokespeople for the Havana-based talks — Hermes Aguilar and Bernardo Salcedo – and dozens of journalists from around the world covering the talks was reportedly intercepted from two separate accounts.

The messages include interview and general information requests to the FARC delegates from employees of international news agencies AP, Reuters, EFE, Prensa Latina, DPA (Germany), AFP (France), as well as major Colombian outlets El Tiempo and Radio Caracol, and other media platforms from countries including Spain, Holland and Germany.

Read more: http://colombiareports.co/new-spying-scandal-shakes-colombia-farc-peace-talks/