According to the New York Times, „at least three Mexican federal agencies have purchased about $80 million worth of spyware“ from the Israeli company, and has used it to fully monitor and control mobile activity, including calls, texts, emails, contacts, calendars, microphones and cameras, against civilians critical of the government, most likely without the proper legal permits from a federal judge.

„Mexican security agencies wouldn‘t ask for a court order because they know they wouldn‘t get one,“ Eduardo Guerrero, formerly an analyst in Mexico‘s intelligence agency, told the New York Times. „There, of course, is no basis for that intervention, but that is beside the point. No one in Mexico ever asks permission to do so.“