Mexico’s alleged victims of Pegasus spyware seek criminal probe

Three human rights investigators filed a complaint with Mexican prosecutors on Monday calling for a probe into the alleged “interception of private communications without legal authorization,” according to Leopoldo Maldonado, the Mexico director of rights group Article 19.
The complaint submitted to the Attorney General’s office follows a report that phones of at least three human rights investigators in Mexico were infected with Pegasus spyware during the current government.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who took office in 2018, pledged to no longer deploy the technology – which can be used to remotely break into phones and is typically only sold to governments or law enforcement – after a scandal erupted around its use under his predecessor.