Internal documents show Mexican army used spyware against civilians, set up secret military intelligence unit

_Two digital rights groups, Mexico's R3D and the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, have just released an update to their “[Ejército Espía](https://ejercitoespia.r3d.mx/)” (“Spying Government”) report from late last year. In October 2022, they revealed that the Mexican army bought spyware and deployed it against at least two Mexican journalists and a human rights advocate between 2019 and 2021. While they had compelling circumstantial evidence, there was no smoking gun. The newly-released internal classified documents appear to prove it._

_Luis Fernando …

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