Video shows migrants clashing with Guatemalan police, not protests against Imran Khan's arrest
Last updated on: 14 May,2023 11:23 am
The video can be traced back to 2021
(Reuters) - Footage of migrants clashing with lines of Guatemalan police while heading into Mexico with the hopes of arriving in the United States in 2021 has been shared on social media with false captions saying it shows demonstrations in Pakistan against the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan.
“Visuals from Kashmir highway where thousands of protesters breach Police blockade and advance towards the capital, Islamabad,” read posts on Twitter and Facebook (here), (here) and (here).
The video can be traced back to a 2021 NBC News report about Guatemalan police beating back a caravan of migrants bound for the United States (here). Reuters published similar imagery depicting the incident in 2021 (here).
Violent protests erupted across Pakistan following former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest at the Islamabad High Court on May 9.
VERDICT
Miscaptioned. Video shows Guatemalan police clashing with migrants in 2021.