Mexico. The president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, revealed that before Donald Trump concluded his presidency in the United States, he sent him a letter asking for forgiveness for Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, who is imprisoned in the United Kingdom and is required by justice. American accused of espionage.
The president specified that he did not receive a response, but reiterated the offer of asylum to the activist and asked the United States government for a more humanitarian attitude.
“We are willing to offer Assange asylum in Mexico, that is our position. We believe that the United States government must act humanely. Assange is ill and it would be a show of solidarity, of brotherhood, to allow him to receive asylum in the country that Assange decided to live, including Mexico, “he said in his usual morning conference.
If granted asylum in Mexico, Assange would not be able to interfere in the affairs of other countries and would not pose any kind of threat, reiterated President López Obrador.
“It is very clear that the right to asylum, which is part of our foreign policy, which is a pride of our foreign policy; It also has a regulation in the sense that whoever receives the benefit of asylum will act with respect to, first, the laws of our country and also could not intervene in external affairs. So, Assange does not represent any danger in Mexico, “he said.
A year ago the Mexican government made its first offer to provide political asylum to Julian Assange, who is accused by the US of 18 charges related to the disclosure by WikiLeaks of confidential US military records and diplomatic cables that, according to, had put lives in danger.
Justice
Last month, Australian-born Assange came closer to facing criminal charges in the United States for one of the largest leaks of classified information after Washington won an appeal over his extradition in an English court.
Assange and WikiLeaks came to light in 2010 after publishing hundreds of thousands of secret US documents on practices in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The computer expert, an Australian national, took refuge in 2012 in the Ecuadorian embassy in London to avoid being extradited to Sweden to respond to an accusation of rape, which he rejected and was finally shelved.
In 2019, the government of Ecuador withdrew his asylum and he was detained in a spectacular operation to be held in a high-security prison near London.
More obstacles remain before Assange can be sent to the United States. (With information from Reuters)
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