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The US Department of Justice announced this on Tuesday. Jack Teixeira, former Air National Guard member American accused of posting secret Pentagon documents on social networks He was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Teixeira, 22, of North Dayton, Massachusetts, was sentenced in Boston federal court, which determined that after serving his sentence He will have to be on probation for three years and he is prohibited from having contact with foreign “agents.”

“Teixeira’s deep breach of trust endangered the national security of our country and our allies. “This sentence demonstrates the seriousness of the commitment to protecting our country’s secrets and the safety of the American people,” said Attorney General Merrick Garland.

In turn, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Christopher Wray, said that “this sentence is a stern warning to all those charged with the protection of national defense information.” “Betray that trust and you will be held accountable,” he warned.

The young man, who was arrested in April 2023 and has since been in federal custody, pleaded guilty in March 2024 to six counts of knowingly possessing and transmitting classified information. related to national defense, via chat on Discord, a social network popular among video game users.

The documents apparently remained on Discord from January to early March, when a user posted dozens of them in a group with many members, their reach increased dramatically. Authorities said Teixeira tried to destroy his computers and delete his accounts after his arrest, and that he warned several people to delete the information.

The leaked files detail the US assessment of the war in Ukraine and included plans to strengthen the Ukrainian army for a possible counter-offensive, as well as classified materials about Canada, China, Israel or South Korea.

Revelations include spying on the Gulf Cartel and tensions between the Mexican Army and Navy.

Among the messages disseminated by Teixeira are messages about Mexico. In particular, the one that showed that US intelligence agencies spied on members of the Gulf Cartel following the attack and kidnapping of four Americans on March 3, 2023 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, which resulted in two deaths and two survivors.

The publication reported this then. Washington Posthad access to the documents. According to a report by Nick Miroff, documents showed that the criminal organization believed to be responsible for the events was preparing for retaliation from Mexican security forces and “Their lawyers urged cartel members to delete information about the Americans from their phones.”

US authorities closely monitored developments through “separate intelligence signals” stems from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

The leaked report warns possible increase in violence in Matamoros, where the US has a consulate.

Another report, according to The Washington Post, was consistent with an assessment of the US military consequences that The Mexican Army took over supervision and control of civil aviation.

The document, classified as “top secret,” suggested that then-President Andrés Manuel López Obrador would give “more responsibilities and oversight functions to the country’s armed forces, especially the Mexican army, but “without a proportionate increase in resources.”

Moreover, a military assessment of the United States revealed differences between then-Navy Chief Adm. Rafael Ojeda Duran, with the then head of the National Defense Secretariat, General Luis Cresencio Sandoval.

According to this report, “the Mexican Secretary of the Navy was so frustrated by the possibility of the Mexican Army taking control of all Mexican airspace that he “instructed Navy officers: in response, it will limit cooperation with SEDENA.”

In addition, he warned about “potential for escalating tensions” between Mexican military forces, which would likely exacerbate “their existing rivalry and further reduce their ability to conduct joint operations.”

(according to information from Europe Press And Aristegui News)