# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2017-mexico-aristegui-pegasus-spyware)
- Source: Spyware targeted Mexican journalists and activists. https://cpj.org/2017/06/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

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