Human rights organizations in Mexico filed a complaint with the Attorney General’s Office on Monday to shed light on Pegasus’ spying on journalists and activists by the country’s military.
The investigation gathered evidence showing that during this administration, the Ministry of Defense (Sedena) acquired a system for remote monitoring of information from the company that has the exclusive right to sell Pegasus in Mexico, representatives of the organizations said in a press conference reported by “El Sol de Mexico”.
The investigation by civil society organizations revealed that at least two journalists – Ricardo Raphael and a reporter from the Animal Político portal – and an activist – Raymundo Ramos – were spied on by the military 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 hide 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 that 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.”
