Claim 624

President Pena Nieto's administration denied that any of its members conducted surveillance against journalists or human rights defenders without judicial authorization.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: President Pena Nieto's administration denied that any of its members conducted surveillance against journalists or human rights defenders without judicial authorization.
Field: stated_justification
Value: government denial
About: incident 2017-mexico-aristegui-pegasus-spyware
Source: Spyware targeted Mexican journalists and activists
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2017-06-20

Quotation from the source

categorically denie[d] that any of its members engages in surveillance or communications operations against defenders of human rights, journalists, anti-corruption activists or any other person without prior judicial authorization