On May 18, a user in X posted a video of former President Álvaro Uribe on a plane supposedly heading for Quito, Ecuador. He has more than 380 thousand views. As media recorded (1, 2), the video was shared by Senator María José Pizarro: “See then, again Álvaro Uribe Vélez travels to Ecuador,” he wrote. Then he deleted it. But it is false. There is no evidence that Uribe had traveled to Ecuador on May 18. Records of his public appearances show tha…
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On May 18, a user in X posted a video of former President Álvaro Uribe on a plane supposedly heading for Quito, Ecuador. He has more than 380 thousand views. As media recorded (1, 2), the video was shared by Senator María José Pizarro: “See then, again Álvaro Uribe Vélez travels to Ecuador,” he wrote. Then he deleted it. But it is false. There is no evidence that Uribe had traveled to Ecuador on May 18. Records of his public appearances show tha…