GP might be alluding to the recent murder of a Mexican journalist, Fredid Román Román, who was shot shortly after (allegedly) being targeted by a Swiss surveillance-for-hire operator with Israeli connections[1]. As in, this is very much a thing that can happen to victims of (targeted) surveillance, and it was in the news recently.

[1] https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2023-0... (https://archive.is/A2qmD)