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Commander X Seeks Political Asylum from the Government of Mexico
Anonymous has announced that Commander X, also known as Chris Doyon, will present himself to the government of Mexico during the first week of December at the Federal Building in San Miguel de Allende, where he will ,"tender his petition for political asylum and request refugee status." The announcement comes after two years of waiting and planning from safe-houses provided to Commander X by Mexican friends and supporters. Commander X had been living in hiding in Canada since 2012, after he escaped U.S. federal charges against him for hacking into the City of Santa Cruz's website in 2010, in relation to organized protests against the local camping ban and other homeless related issues. [Photo: Commander X shortly after setting up his space on the first night of sleep during Occupy Santa Cruz on October 6, 2011]
"X" became well known in Santa Cruz for his participation in PeaceCamp2010 and Occupy Santa Cruz, where on October 6, 2011 he was the first person to set up bedding and lie down for the first night of sleep in San Lorenzo Park. He became a mentor figure to activists during the two month occupation, and he shared his knowledge about a wide range of contemporary political actions with many. It was during the PeaceCamp time period that he hacked into the City of Santa Cruz website, attempting to disable it.
Commander X described his motivation for first traveling from the East Coast to Santa Cruz, and then later hacking into the City's website, in his autobiography "Behind the Mask," where he writes that he was "ordered" to do so by another hacker in Anonymous as revenge for a homeless friend who was found dead under a bridge while living in Santa Cruz.
In 2012, Commander X left the United States to escape the federal charges which were filed against him for hacking. He became established in Canada. Commander X's 7325 kilometer mission overland from Toronto to central Mexico seeking political asylum has been dubbed, "Anonymous Operation Golden Eagle."
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For more information about Anonymous Operation Golden Eagle, see:
http://www.operationgoldeneagle.rf.gd/
To sign a petition calling on the Government Of Mexico to grant political asylum To Commander X, see:
https://www.change.org/p/government-of-mexico-petition-to-the-government-of-mexico-to-grant-political-asylum-to-commander-x
To view a video documenting Commander X's journey, see:
https://vimeo.com/241468209
Photos Copyright 2019 by Alex Darocy. Re-use is by permission only.
Commander X described his motivation for first traveling from the East Coast to Santa Cruz, and then later hacking into the City's website, in his autobiography "Behind the Mask," where he writes that he was "ordered" to do so by another hacker in Anonymous as revenge for a homeless friend who was found dead under a bridge while living in Santa Cruz.
In 2012, Commander X left the United States to escape the federal charges which were filed against him for hacking. He became established in Canada. Commander X's 7325 kilometer mission overland from Toronto to central Mexico seeking political asylum has been dubbed, "Anonymous Operation Golden Eagle."
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For more information about Anonymous Operation Golden Eagle, see:
http://www.operationgoldeneagle.rf.gd/
To sign a petition calling on the Government Of Mexico to grant political asylum To Commander X, see:
https://www.change.org/p/government-of-mexico-petition-to-the-government-of-mexico-to-grant-political-asylum-to-commander-x
To view a video documenting Commander X's journey, see:
https://vimeo.com/241468209
Photos Copyright 2019 by Alex Darocy. Re-use is by permission only.
For more information:
http://alexdarocy.blogspot.com/
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