MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s privacy watchdog said Wednesday that the federal Attorney General’s Office stonewalled it for more than a year as it tried to investigate the government’s use of powerful Israeli spyware against journalists, lawyers and activists. In 2017, the internet watchdog Citizen Lab released its investigation that found some of Mexico’s most prominent journalists had been targeted by the spyware. Journalists Carmen Aristegui and Carlos Loret de Mola had been investigating government corruption and alleged human rights violations by security forces. At the time, the Mexican government flatly denied any of its entities had targeted human rights defenders, journalists, anti-corruption activists or anyone else without prior judicial authorization. Among the other targets were members of the Centro Miguel Agustin Pro Juarez, a prominent human rights group, and Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity.

Source: Washington Post February 20, 2019 21:00 UTC