The caption of a Jan. 5 Instagram video claims it shows violence related to the recent arrest of a notorious Mexican drug kingpin. The video shows dozens of armed men in black clothing running through what appears to be a hospital.
“Armed groups related to Ovidio Guzmán, son of ‘Chapo’ Guzmán, arrive at hospitals in Culiacán to kidnap doctors and take them to the ranches to treat wounded hitmen,” reads the video’s caption.
The video was liked more than 700 times within a week. Other versions of the claim appeared on Twitter and Facebook.
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This footage is miscaptioned. The video shows suspected gang members attacking a Guatemalan hospital in 2017. It is unrelated to recent events in Mexico involving Ovidio Guzmán, son of the infamous Sinaloa drug lord known as "El Chapo."
The clip originates from an Aug. 16, 2017, YouTube video shared by the Guatemalan news outlet Prensa Libre. Spanish-language text in the video explains it shows an armed attack on the Roosevelt Hospital in Guatemala City.
Suspected gang members attacked the hospital in an attempt to free a jailed associate, who was at the hospital under police supervision for a checkup, according to a 2017 Reuters report on the incident. At least seven people were killed...
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