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Mexico has strongly condemned alleged US spying after a report said that a former president’s emails were hacked by the National Security Agency.Data leaked by fugitive US analyst Edward Snowden showed ex-President Felipe Calderon’s emails were hacked in 2010, Germany’s Der Spiegel reports.Mexico’s foreign ministry said such spying was “unacceptable, illegal” and contrary to good relations.It urged President Obama to complete an investigation into the allegations.In an official statement, the Mexican foreign ministry said it would soon re-iterate the importance of such an investigation through diplomatic means.“In a relationship between neighbours and partners, there is no place for the...

Mexico scolded the United States on Sunday over new allegations of spying after a German magazine reported that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) had hacked Felipe Calderon’s public email account while he was president.Weekly Der Spiegel said in May 2010, an NSA division known as “Tailored Access Operations” reported it had gained access to then-president Calderon’s email account, and turned his office into a “lucrative” source of information.It said details of the alleged NSA hacking of Calderon’s account were contained in a document leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. Snowden’s leaked information has prompted angry recriminations against...