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☆ Fact Check-Video does not show Mexican army vehicles near U.S. border in June 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Footage of military vehicles parked in a street in Mexico City, which has been circulating since at least May 16, does not depict military activity near the U.S. southern border in June 2023, contrary to social media posts. Filmed, allegedly near the US border,” reads a tweet that has amassed at least 1,650 retweets since it was posted on June 18 (here). The video is not new nor was it recorded near the U.S.-Mexico border, however. The location seen in the video is near Zocalo Square in Mexico City's center. This video was filmed in Mexico City and has been online since at least May 16, 2023.

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☆ Turkey gifts Mexico puppy after rescue dog dies on earthquake duty
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Mexico City Reuters —Mexico’s army welcomed a new search puppy on Wednesday, gifted from Turkey following the death of a Mexican rescue dog who had been helping to find survivors of February’s massive earthquake near the Syrian border. The 3-month-old German Shepherd will join Mexico’s famed canine unit, specialized in helping locate survivors in a country prone to earthquakes and other natural disasters. Arkadas will be trained by the same trainer who cared for Proteo, the rescue dog that died on mission in Turkey, the army said. Mexico deployed rescue dogs to Turkey after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook a huge area near the southern border with Syria, causing at least 54,000 deaths across both nations. “Thanks to my friends from Mexico who welcomed me with great affection, I promise to do my best to be a great search and rescue dog,” the Mexican defense ministry tweeted on behalf of Arkadas.

☆ Turkey gifts Mexico adorable pup after a rescue dog was lost on quake duty
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Arkadas will be trained by the same trainer who cared for Proteo, the rescue dog that died on mission in Turkey, the army said. Mexico deployed rescue dogs to Turkey after the magnitude 7.8 earthquake shook a huge area near the southern border with Syria, causing at least 54,000 deaths across both nations. Mexico paid homage to Proteo, also a German Shepherd, at a military funeral earlier this year. "Thanks to my friends from Mexico who welcomed me with great affection, I promise to do my best to be a great search and rescue dog," the Mexican defense ministry tweeted on behalf of Arkadas. Reporting by Isabel Woodford; Editing by David Alire Garcia and Rosalba O'BrienOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

[1/6] Pills are pictured at a fentanyl pill manufacturing center and a methamphetamine lab seized by the Mexican Army, in Culiacan, in Sinaloa state, Mexico February 14, 2023. Reuters GraphicsThe hiked up figures are not credible, say two former senior law enforcement figures in Mexico and the United States, as well as two serving Mexican security sources. The description of the drugs the Mexicans say they seized in the labs also raises questions about the accuracy of the lab data, said two of the security sources. Laboratory busts, often in hard-to-reach mountainous areas, have historically been a key metric for how active Mexican security forces have been in targeting drug trafficking groups. In 2022, FGR reported 18 lab raids by all security agencies, compared to the army's count of 492 raids.

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