Georgian police have released a video of disgraced ex-President Mikhail Saakashvili being handcuffed and taken to jail upon his return to the country. Prosecutors say he'll be facing at least six years in prison for his crimes.

Saakashvili was arrested shortly after his arrival and was taken to a correctional facility in the city of Rustavi, located some 25km southeast of the capital Tbilisi. Police footage broadcast by local media shows a large convoy of police vehicles entering the jail's premises with lights flashing.

The handcuffed politician is brought for his perp walk shortly afterwards. Saakashvili appeared to be smiling broadly during this 'photo opportunity'. Shortly after the ex-president was detained, Georgian prosecutors announced the launch of a new criminal case against Saakashvili, as he allegedly entered the country illegally.

Georgia's incumbent president, Salome Zourabichvili, has ruled out any possibility she would pardon her controversial predecessor.

"Everyone is equal before the law. Many people ask whether the president will pardon Saakashvili, the answer is a simple one - no, never," she told a press briefing late on Friday. She added that pardoning the politician would be unjust for "people who suffered from his regime."

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In July 2020, Mexico sent an extradition request to Canada, where he was last spotted. But two months later, Lopez Obrador said that Mexico was now asking Israel to extradite Zeron. Zeron is also wanted for questioning on other issues, including the suspected embezzlement of over a billion pesos (more than $50 million) in public funds.

He's also involved in a scandal with a clear connection to Israel, as Haaretz reported in November. As noted, he headed the agency that bought the phone-hacking software Pegasus from NSO and is suspected of abusing the spyware. According to emails from 2015 from a rival company, Hacking Team, and media reports in Mexico about that period, Zeron insisted on buying Pegasus even though it was substantially more expensive than the alternatives. His agency was also named in contracts released by Mexico's prosecution in response to a freedom of information request from the Israeli organization Octopus.

NSO group has repeatedly claimed that it sells Pegasus only to security services and law enforcement agencies, and only for the purpose of combating serious crimes and terrorism. But research by Citizen Lab, as well as investigations in Mexico and other countries, indicate that buyers have often used the software to spy on journalists, human rights activists, and, in Mexico's case, even researchers for the international inquiry commission into the murder of the Ayotzinapa students.

Zeron was considered a key player in importing sophisticated cyber products during those years. According to reports by Amitai Ziv in TheMarker and the Mexican magazine Proceso, as part of Forbidden Stories's Cartel Project, Zeron had ties with Israeli middlemen who sold Pegasus and other cyber products to various agencies in Mexico.

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