2009 Chile–Peru espionage scandal

The 2009 Chile–Peru espionage scandal was a diplomatic crisis that occurred when a Peruvian court ordered the arrest of two Chilean military officers over allegedly bribing Peruvian air force officer Ariza Mendoza. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8360144.stm Peru and Chile in 'spy' scandal BBC News 14 November 2009 25 August 2016 21 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221181214/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8360144.stm live The charges against the Peruvian air force officer were: revealing national secrets, espionage and money-laundering. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/15/officer-arrested-peru-spy-scandal Air force officer arrested in Peruvian spy scandal theguardian.com 15 November 2009 25 August 2016 21 December 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161221135507/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/nov/15/officer-arrested-peru-spy-scandal live Mendoza was purportedly receiving between $5,000 and $8,000 per month in return for reporting national secrets to Chile. http://idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=72342 Chile, Peru dispute about scandal Indiana Daily Student 2 December 2009 25 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20140309204205/http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=72342 9 March 2014 dead Peruvian President Alan Garcia left Singapore just before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in order to return home to deal with the crisis. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/14/peru.president.chile.spy/index.html Peru's president exits summit after report of spy charges against officer cnn.com November 15, 2009 25 August 2016 12 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210712223604/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/14/peru.president.chile.spy/index.html live The American ambassador in Lima, P. Michael McKinley, wrote in a leaked cable that the "Peruvian reaction seems exaggerated given the relatively limited scale of the espionage, and suggests political opportunism along with an instinctive reaction to any problem involving Chile."July 2023 Ambassador McKinley further stated that the timing of the scandal was unfortunate because Peru had "begun to more seriously focus on defeating Shining Path narco-terrorists in the Apurimac-Ene River Valley".July 2023 References Category:2009 in Chile Category:2009 in Peru Category:2009 in international relations Category:2009 scandals Chile-Peru Category:Diplomatic crises of the 2000s Category:Chile–Peru relations