In the letter, López Obrador – who visited Biden in Washington last week – told him that stopping him “was going to mean a permanent affront to the freedom of expression and freedom.” He also reiterated Mexico’s offer to provide “protection and asylum” to the 50-year-old Australian.
The Mexican president stressed that Biden has not yet responded to the letter. “I have to be respectful, I have to wait for him to analyze it and give the times,” he added.
What does the US accuse Assange of?
Assange can be sentenced in the United States to 175 years in prison for having disclosed, in 2010, on its WikiLeaks site more than 700,000 confidential documents on US military activities, especially in Iraq Y Afghanistan.
The American justice accused him of “espionage” in May 2019, under a law passed in 1917 to prevent the disclosure of confidential information in times of war.
Assange was arrested by the British police in 2019 after taking refuge for seven years in the ecuadorian embassy in London and since then he has been a prisoner in the high security prison of belmarshnear the British capital.
On June 17, the British government announced that it had signed the decree for his extradition to the United States, a decision that was appealed by Assange on July 1.
Source: Ambito
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