From AFP News Agency.
After US special forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in Caracas on January 3, 2026, social media networks were flooded with images falsely linked to the operation or the reaction of the country’s citizens. Here are some examples.
00:15 Footage shows missiles in middle east not Caracas
00:40 Maduro picture is AI-generated
01:11 Celebrations are in Chile, not Venezuela
01:27 Statue is Chavez, not Maduro, in footage from 2024
MUSIC: AUDIONETWORK / Servers / Igor Dvorkin (PRS), Ellie Kidd (PRS)
