2019 video of Mexican street shootout falsely linked to 2023 capture of 'El Chapo' son
2019 video of Mexican street shootout falsely linked to 2023 capture of 'El Chapo' son
(Reuters) - A 2019 video showing a shootout between Mexican authorities and cartel members has been reshared online as if from 2023.
The clip has been seen by more than 2 million people (here , here , here and here) in the context of the Jan. 5 arrest of drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman.
The 32-year-old son of jailed kingpin “El Chapo” Guzman is currently being held in Mexico City (here). His capture has triggered a wave of violence largely in the city of Culiacan in the northern Sinaloa state.
But a clip showing a violent clash in the middle of the street is unrelated to the 2023 event. It can be traced back to Guzman’s last arrest in 2019 (see timestamp 1:44 Cronología del jueves negro en Culiacán , and other angles of the same incident from timestamp 1:14 here ).
The exact location of the incident can be seen on Google Maps: bit.ly/3imKyAo .
VERDICT
Miscaptioned. The video can be traced back to 2019.
