"A Chilean court on Tuesday [June 30] sentenced former head of the Army Intelligence Directorate (DINE), retired General Schafik Nazal, and former Santiago Court of Appeals judge Juan Poblete to five years of intensive supervised probation in connection with an investigation into illegal phone surveillance targeting a journalist and former military officials. The investigation by […]
"The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Mexican authorities to immediately and credibly investigate possible malware and digital surveillance attacks against Mexican journalist Maria Teresa Montaño Delgado and The ObserverMX, and take appropriate steps to guarantee her safety. Montaño, a 2023 recipient of CPJ’s International Press Freedom Award (IPFA), told CPJ on May 18 she believes […]
“In Ruling T-084 of 2026, Colombia's Constitutional Court concluded the Seventh Prosecutor’s Office delegated to the Supreme Court violated the rights to due process, access to justice, and access to information of Andrea Aldana, Óscar Parra, and the media outlet Rutas de Conflicto by refusing to recognize them as victims in the criminal investigation into […]
"A new alarm was raised in Ecuador after the non-profit Fundamedios reported the infiltration of undercover police agents in private journalist groups. The organization described the incidents as a serious violation of freedom of expression, professional secrecy and privacy, while demanding immediate explanations from the Interior Ministry and the intelligence agency, which have yet to […]
"Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (FGR) announced on Tuesday [July 8] that it has opened an investigation into former President Enrique Peña Nieto (2012–2018) following a report linking him to alleged bribes totaling $25 million to allow the use of the controversial Israeli spyware Pegasus. The head of the FGR noted that during the previous administration, […]
“A U.S. federal appeals court on Tuesday [July 8] ruled that a district court erred when it dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of Salvadoran investigative journalists against a spyware manufacturer whose product was allegedly used against them. In March 2024, a California federal judge threw out a 2022 lawsuit filed by Carlos Dada […]