Israeli spyware is helping Mexico hunt down journalists

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4. They have a similar - though less widely-reported - problem in Argentina

Like his friend Peña Nieto (for whom Macri reportedly moved the 2018 G-20 summit up a week, so he could attend), former President Mauricio Macri availed himself of Isreal's Pegasus software.

Which he promptly used to spy on numerous journalists and other public figures - besides an unprecedented use of wiretapping, informants and stakeouts traditional to Argentina's antiquated intelligence services.

He acquired Pegasus during Bibi's state visit in 2017, during mid-term elections that year, with a similar excuse: preventing organized crime and possible "destabilization" by opponents.

Shortly after the elections, a rash of cell phone videos showing well-known media figures in embarrassing exchanges with girlfriends or mistresses (i.e. dick pics and such) began emerging.

All were of media figures who had initially been supportive of the right-wing Macri - but which by 2017 had been calling his policies into question.

(indeed, in April 2018 Macri's debt bubble collapsed - the "Macrisis" which followed affecting Argentina to this day)

No surprise, since Macri was known as the "Trump of the Pampas" for his vindictiveness - besides his right-wing views.