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The article reports on the spying scandal in Mexico by citing the case of Under Secretary for Human Rights Alejandro Encinas, who was allegedly targeted with the spyware Pegasus during his investigation of the alleged abuses of the military. Also cited are how the Encinas case undercut President Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador's commitment to end illegal espionage and the suspect involved in the Encinas case.

The article reports that the Mexican military had purchased and long been using the spyware tool called Pegasus. The state surveillance tool is used by governments to hack into cellphones of civilians who stand up to the state and used to fight crime that helped break up child-abused rings and arrest notorious individuals like the drug lord El Chapo. In response to its malicious use, the administration of U.S. President Joe Bideo blacklisted NSO Group, manufacturer of the spyware.

The article reports on illegal use of surveillance tools by Mexico's military to spy on human rights defender, Raymundo Ramos, and journalists who were investigating allegations that soldiers had gunned down innocent people, according to documents and interviews. Topics discussed include result of the forensic tests on Ramos' cellphone, promise made by President Andres Mauel Lopez Obrador about spying, and remarks from John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at Citizen Lab.

The article focuses on a truth commission report released by the government of Mexico which revealed that students who disappeared in 2014 were killed by drug traffickers working with the police and military; and mentions that some officials have been charged for torturing witnesses of the case.

The article focuses on former top Mexican official has accused of compromising the investigation of a notorious mass abduction has taken refuge in Israel while the extradition case against him is mired in a diplomatic tussle over Israel's treatment of Palestinians, Israeli and Mexican officials say.