🔥 Mexico: World’s Biggest User of Notorious Spy Tool Pegasus 📱🕵️♂️
Da time wen Mexico wen become da numba one usah of da kine Pegasus spyware, da world’s most advanc’d an’ notorio’s spy tool, stay all undah wraps. 🌎📡
Back in 2011, one Israeli sales team wen come Mexico fo’ make one big sale to da Mexican military, who wen stay lookin’ fo’ buy Pegasus. Befo’ dey wen close da deal, one argument wen break out ova da price an’ how fast da spy tool goin’ be delivah’d. 🇲🇽🇮🇱💰
Aftah one break, da negotiations wen go on lata dat night at one strip club in Mexico City. Da Mexican military end up buying Pegasus, an’ aftah dat, dis spy tool wen spread all ova da world. 💃🌃🌏
Da kine Pegasus wen become one symbol fo’ da reach of state surveillance. It wen be used by governments from Europe to da Middle East fo’ hack thousands of cellphones. An’ Mexico stay da country dat wen start it all. 🌍🔍
Da New York Times wen do one investigashun dat show how Mexico wen become Pegasus’ first client, an’ how dey wen grow into da most prolific usah of dis notorio’s spyware. 📰🔦
Mexico wen use Pegasus fo’ spy on civilians who stand up to da state, even aftah dey wen promise fo’ stop. Pegasus can do plenny damage; it can take all da kine data from yo’ phone an’ watch everyting you do in real time. 📲👀
Da spyware wen help fight crime, like break up child-abuse rings an’ catch da drug lord known as El Chapo. But, at da same time, it wen be used illegally fo’ spy on an’ suppress human rights defendahs, democracy advocates, journalists, an’ oddah citizens who challenge corruption an’ abuse. 🚨🚔🎯
Da Biden administration wen blacklist NSO Group, da Israeli company dat make Pegasus, cause dey no like how it wen be used fo’ target dissidents. Israel’s defense ministry wen say dey no goin’ sell Pegasus to countries wea get risk of human rights violations. 🇺🇸🇮🇱🚫
Howevah, Mexico still stay using Pegasus, even doh dey wen promise fo’ stop. Da Mexican military stay da only one in da country dat get Pegasus, an’ dey wen use ’em mo’ den any oddah government agency in da world. 🇲🇽🔓
Da Mexican government wen say dey no goin’ spy on people no mo’, but da kine Pegasus still stay bein’ used fo’ spy on human rights defendahs, even in recent months. 🚷📵
Da Mexican military no like talk story ’bout da recent hack, but dey say dey follow da government’s position wea dey say dey no like invade people’s private lives. 🙅♂️🗣️
Two Mexican human rights defendahs wen get targeted by Pegasus again, even aftah dey wen be targeted befo’. One of ’em, Santiago Aguirre, wen say, “dis government made so many promises
dat tings would be different.” Santiago Aguirre wen feel bummed dat da spying wen happen again. 😞🔄
Da spokesman fo’ da Mexican president wen no like talk story. NSO Group, da guys who make Pegasus, wen say dey no can talk ’bout who dey customahs. Dey wen challenge da findings of Citizen Lab, one watchdog group who wen test da phone. 🤐🔬
NSO Group wen say dey need access to da data fo’ check if Pegasus wen hack da two Mexican human rights defendahs. But, da defendahs no like give da government’s spying partnah any mo’ of dea private info. 🚫🔒
So, Mexico stay da world’s bigges’ usah of da notorio’s Pegasus spyware, an’ da story behin’ all dat stay full of secret dealings an’ broken promises. Fo’ now, da kine Pegasus stay out dea, still spyin’ on peeps who defend human rights. 🌐🕵️♀️📵
NOW IN ENGLISH
🇲🇽🕵️♂️ Mexico Emerges as Top User of World’s Most Infamous Spy Tool 🔥
A Times investigation has revealed how Mexico became the first and most prolific user of the notorious Pegasus spyware, despite promising to put an end to its use. 💻🔍
In March 2011, Israeli executives traveled to Mexico to finalize a major sale, making the Mexican military the first client ever to purchase the world’s most advanced spyware. A disagreement over the price and delivery time led to negotiations being postponed and eventually resumed in a Mexico City strip club. 🏨🚗🎉
Pegasus, the powerful cyberweapon, has since become a global symbol of state surveillance, used by governments across Europe and the Middle East to hack into thousands of cellphones. However, Mexico remains the country with the most experience in both the advantages and dangers of this technology. 🌍📱🔓
Based on interviews, documents, and forensic tests of hacked phones, the New York Times investigation shows the secret dealings that led Mexico to become Pegasus’ first client. It also reveals that the country has continued to use the spyware to monitor people who defend human rights, even in recent months. 📰🔦📲
Pegasus is a particularly potent spy tool, capable of infiltrating phones without leaving a trace, extracting data, and monitoring everything in real time. While it has helped fight crime, such as breaking up child-abuse rings and arresting figures like El Chapo, it has also been used illegally to target human rights defenders, democracy advocates, journalists, and others who challenge corruption and abuse. 🚨🚔🏛
In 2021, the Biden administration blacklisted NSO Group, the Israeli company that produces Pegasus, alarmed by its use against dissidents worldwide. Israel’s defense ministry, which must approve Pegasus exports, also vowed to ban sales to countries at risk of human rights violations. However, the Israeli government has not stopped its use in Mexico, despite evidence of abuse. 🚫🛍🇮🇱
Mexico’s military has not only been Pegasus’ longest-running client, but it has also targeted more cellphones with the spyware than any other government agency worldwide. 📞🎯🌐
Although President Andrés Manuel López Obrador promised to end the “illegal” spying of the past, recent tests have shown that Pegasus continues to target leading human rights defenders in the country. The military, the only entity in Mexico currently operating Pegasus, has a history of human rights abuses and continues to use the spyware for purposes beyond combating crime. ⚖🇲🇽🔓
The Israeli defense ministry declined to comment, while the Mexican defense ministry stated that intelligence gathering is “in no way aimed” at invading the private lives of political, civic, and media figures. 🤐🛡🔇
Human rights defenders who have been targeted by Pegasus twice, such as Santiago Aguirre, expressed disappointment with the government’s broken promises. NSO Group claims it cannot disclose customer information and challenges the findings of watchdog group Citizen Lab. To verify the recent hacks, NSO Group requested access to the data, but the targeted advocates refused to provide any more of their private information. 🙅♂️💻🚫
