He director of the National Intelligence Directorate, Carlos Ramón González, spoke in La W about the purchase of Pegasus spyware, known as a “powerful undetectable virus to infiltrate phones,” which was reported by the Israeli media Haaretz.
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As revealed by the media, the Government of Colombiaduring the mandate of former President Iván Duque, requested that the payment made to the Israeli company NSO Group out of 13 million dollars in cash, which would be transferred to Israel on a private plane.
Regarding this, director González did not rule out in the microphones of this station that there are private individuals who have the Pegasus software.
“Once we knew about this issue, we undertook the task of investigating and we have investigated this issue with all our intelligence. 13 million dollars is a very important amount so that no trace appears in the accounts of any of the State entities and Until now there is no real indication that this exists in any of the State intelligence”, he said to start.
Likewise, he made it clear that “this is an investigation that is pending, we are trying to locate this Israeli man because he is the source and he is the one who could explain what it is about, how it was done and how it was acquired or The Israeli Government handed him over. “We are in that investigation.”
Listen to the full interview below:
There is no indication that this exists in any State intelligence: DNI on Pegasus
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