Washington, Nov 9, 2024 (AFP) - Washington financed Colombia's purchase of Pegasus spy software

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2024-11-09
The United States financed the purchase of Israeli spy software Pegasus for Colombian security forces in 2020, a senior US official said Friday, a move made without informing then-President Ivan Duque. The US official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, corroborated a report in the Colombian daily newspaper El Tiempo that the software was used to investigate drug traffickers. The official denied the use of the software -- which can remotel......
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