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Fake news follows migrant caravan's journey north
A row raging over the migrant caravan travelling towards the United States is being fuelled by misinformation and false statements online.
Thousands of migrants have got as far as Mexico, after the caravan which set out from Honduras has travelled north and grown in size.
The caravan's progress towards the US southern border has become the subject of intense speculation and discussion on social media.
A number of false or misleading assertions are among those to be shared widely.
Claim: Mexican police assaulted by migrants
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t's not true. Photojournalist Gustavo Aguado took the picture in October 2012 during clashes between police and students at a Mexican high school.
Thousands of migrants have got as far as Mexico, after the caravan which set out from Honduras has travelled north and grown in size.
The caravan's progress towards the US southern border has become the subject of intense speculation and discussion on social media.
A number of false or misleading assertions are among those to be shared widely.
Claim: Mexican police assaulted by migrants
<snip>
t's not true. Photojournalist Gustavo Aguado took the picture in October 2012 during clashes between police and students at a Mexican high school.
More: https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-45951102
