BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday requested the attorney general's office investigate the purchase of Pegasus spy software for $11 million, which he said could have been used to spy on opposition politicians during the previous administration.

Spyware technology, including Pegasus - built by Israeli firm NSO - has been repeatedly found to have been used to hack into the phones of civil society, political opposition and journalists in the last decade.