Spyware Sold to Mexican Government Targeted International Officials

By artappraiser on Mon, 07/10/2017 - 1:25pm |

MEXICO CITY — A team of international investigators brought to Mexico to unravel one of the nation’s gravest human rights atrocities was targeted with sophisticated surveillance technology sold to the Mexican government to spy on criminals and terrorists.

The spying took place during what the investigators call a broad campaign of harassment and interference that prevented them from solving the haunting case of 43 students who disappeared after clashing with the police nearly three years ago.

Appointed by an international commission that polices human rights in the Americas, the investigators say they were quickly met with stonewalling by the Mexican government, a refusal to turn over documents or grant vital interviews, and even a retaliatory criminal investigation [....]

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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/10/world/americas/mexico-missing-students-pegasus-spyware.html