Mexico

Mexican Journalists Targeted with Pegasus Days After Colleague's Assassination

2018-11-15 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 10/10

On May 15, 2017, award-winning Mexican journalist Javier Valdez Cárdenas, co-founder of the investigative outlet Río Doce and renowned for reporting on drug trafficking and organized crime in Sinaloa, is assassinated in broad daylight in Culiacán. Just two days later, on May 17, two of his …

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Citizen Lab Exposes Mexican Government Targeting of Journalists and Activists with Pegasus

2017-06-19 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Citizen Lab publishes “Reckless Exploit,” documenting that at least 22 members of Mexican civil society were targeted with NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware between 2015-2017, including lawyers, journalists, human rights defenders, politicians, anti-corruption advocates, and public …

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