A State Department cable published by WikiLeaks reveals that Panama's president asked US diplomats for surveillance equipment to spy on political opponents. The equipment was later used to violate the privacy of Panamanians and non-Panamanians, according to a legal affidavit, while researchers at Citizen Lab found that similar software was used in a campaign aimed at human rights activists, political opposition movements, and journalists in Mexico. This kind of software is in use in illegal ways for political suppression and oppression.