Guatemala president claims spying, head guard quits
GUATEMALA CITY Reuters - The head of presidential security in Guatemala resigned on Thursday after President Alvaro Colom said he found cameras and voice recorders hidden in his offices and home.
Colom said the devices could have been used for espionage but did not specify who he thought had planted them or why.
“This is a very serious infiltration in the presidential palace. We have found seven recorders, two hidden cameras and two similar devices in my private office,” he told a news conference. “There are indications there are more in the window of my house.”
Colom, a social democrat who took office in January, said he suspected a plot when information from his private conversations appeared in newspapers.
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