Mexico president Andrés Manuel López Obrador and New York Times: doxxing

The incident came a day after President Andrés Manuel López Obrador disclosed the phone number of a reporter for The New York Times, which published a story about a U.S. probe into claims that López took money from drug traffickers. López Obrador denied the allegations.

The first to report the release of his phone number was the president’s oldest son, José Ramón López Beltrán, who wrote on the X platform that he considered the action “a kind of vengeance” and said it puts his family in danger.

It wasn’t immediately clear who made the number public. López Beltrán said the incident began with a letter that contained “threats and lies” directed at the president and his sons. He did not elaborate.

On Saturday, Mexico’s president told reporters that it was “embarrassing for them to act that way,” referring to everyone involved.

He spoke while visiting the city of Mazatlan and once again criticized The New York Times report, saying, “We are not taking a single step back in the defense of liberty and justice.”

López Beltrán said it was the second time that his phone number has been published and noted he also has been harassed by cameras and drones everywhere he has lived.

López Beltrán also blamed the New York Times reporter, Natalie Kitroeff, for her phone number being made public, saying she provided the number “thinking that the president would respond to her slander.”

Hours later, the presidential candidate of López Obrador’s Morena party, Claudia Sheinbaum, as well as the party’s secretary general, Citlalli Hernández, announced that their numbers also had been leaked and that they were receiving offensive calls and messages.

“It’s obvious what they…