Mexican army uses Pegasus software to spy on activists and journalists

Human rights organizations in Mexico filed a complaint with the Prosecutor General’s Office on Monday to shed light on the Pegasus spying on journalists and activists by the country’s army.

The investigation gathered evidence showing that during this administration, the Ministry of Defense (Sedena) acquired a system for remotely monitoring information from the company that has the exclusive right to sell Pegasus in Mexico, representatives of the organizations said at a press conference reported by “El Sol de México”.

Civil society organizations’ investigation revealed that at least two journalists – Ricardo Raphael and a reporter from the Animal Político portal – and one activist – Raymundo Ramos – were spied on by the army while reporting on human rights violations by the armed forces.

In addition, they stated that the evidence shows that Sedena “systematically lied” to various agencies to conceal the existence of the contract.

Thus, these findings show that López Obrador’s promise to end illegal espionage in Mexico has not been kept.

In this sense, they have criticized the armed forces continue to violate human rights.

They believe that this evidence “refutes the thesis on which the current government relies to deepen the militarization of the country.”

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