In October 2024, two videos spread in Telegram channels, the authors of which talked about the relatives of famous Colombians killed in the Russian war and Ukraine. We checked the authenticity of both videos.
A relative of Shakira
On October 11, the Russian media and Telegram channels became a 40-second video, allegedly published by the Colombian edition of El Espectador. It says that the relative of the singer Shakira in mid -September entered the International Legion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, with whom he entered the Kursk region. It is reported that five days later the man was killed near the village of Borki, and his remains were sent to Colombia. The video is accompanied by English -language subtitles. Among the others, the video was distributed Lenta.ru, "Tsargrad"And Telegram channels"KB"(215,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"Falcon"(180 000),"Cultural"(92 000) and"The goat screamed"(80 000).
Shakira counts the most successful Colombian singer, on her account more than 100 million Babs sold around the world and dozens of prestigious awards, including the Grammy Award. The full name of the performer is Shakira Isabelle Mebarak Ripol. How is it Accepted In Columbia, she received her surname from both parents (Ripol is the name of her mother, and Mbarak - her father). In an interview, the artist toldthat her family leads a non -public life.
Allegedly, who died in the Kursk region, a relative of Shakira, is the name Rafael Mebarak Ripol, he was 31 years old. The viral video says that he is Cousin-in-Law singers-this is how in English they can call Either the husband of the cousin, or the cousin of the spouse. The second option is not suitable - in 2022 Shakira announced About parting with football player Gerard Pique after 11 years of life together, but the surname of the supposedly deceased relative coincides with the maiden name of the artist. If, nevertheless, the husband of the cousin is meant, it is at least strange that he bears the same surname as Shakira herself (especially considering that she got the artist from both parents, and the singer is the only child in the family). “Verified” failed to find references to a person named Rafael Mobarak Ripol, who appeared on the network before the publication of the viral video.
In the fifth second of the video, a photograph of the military appears in the hands of which the Ukrainian flag, and behind - a banner with the inscription "Karpatska Sich". It is at this moment that the subtitles mentioned Raphael Mobarak Ripol.
Reveal search by photo showed that this picture was published In the profile of the International APU legion in the social network X. The signature says that the legionnaires of the 49th Carpathian Sich battalion received the “Brother for brother” medals. It is also specified that in the "Carpathian Sich" there are many foreign volunteers, especially from South America.
Twit dates from September 9, 2023. The video says that the relative of Shakira joined the ranks of the Armed Forces only a year later. Perhaps the photograph was used for illustrative purposes, but the titer with the mention of Raphael Mobarak Ripol and in this case misleads the viewer. “Verified” studied the picture using the Pimeyes person recognition service, but did not find other photos of this person.
The video says that a relative of the singer died in the village of Borki in the Kursk region. Settlements with the same name in the region are two. In this case, most likely, this refers to the village in the Sudzhansky district. Analysts from the Ukrainian Osint project Deepstate declaredthat the Armed Forces occupied this village on August 16, 2024, and a month later the Russian Ministry of Defense reported On the transition of Borkov under the control of the Russian Federation. From that moment on the battles in Borki it was not reported, so it is strange that the alleged relative of Shakira died in battles near this village at the end of September, when the Armed Forces were already knocked out.
In the upper right corner of the viral video, the logo of the Colombian publication El Espectador is indicated. The video is decorated in the same style as short vertical videos on its verified channels on YouTube and in Tiktok. Although the viral record used the elements of the design characteristic of El Espectador and the closing screen saver, there are some differences. For example, the font is noticeably different in the distributed video, this is especially visible by the letters A, G and J.
In genuine videos, covers also differ. At them, El Espectador always indicates the heading to which they belong, in the distributed video there is no such thing.
But the most important thing is that El Espectador is an ally -speaking publication that does not publish materials in English. “Verified” did not find a video about the relative of Shakira killed in the war either on the verified resources of the Colombian edition in X, Instagram, Facebook, Tiktok And on YouTubenor on his official site. There is no this news in other authoritative sources.
The earliest publication that contains a viral video and which was able to find "verified" appeared in the pro-Russian Telegram channel "Kostyan Cat - Official Channel"(88,000 views) October 8 at 20:14 Moscow time. This channel is regularly mentioned in the analysis of “verified” as an inaccurate information. For example, in October 2023 "Cat Kostyan" Published The fake that, according to Bellingcat, Ukraine was sold by Hamas weapons received from NATO countries. As evidence, then a falsified video was used, at that time with the BBC logo. The creation of misinforming videos, mimicing under the subjects of famous and authoritative foreign media, is a reception common among Russian propagandists. "Retrieved" regularly disassembles similar videos that mimic the content BBC, Al jazeera, Euronews, Deutsche Welle and other media.
Thus, information about the death of a relative of Shakira during hostilities in the Kursk region is based exclusively on the video made in the style of the Colombian publication El Espectador. However, this media did not release such a plot, and a fake give differences in the design of the plot, the use of English, other font and photographs more than a year ago.
Relative Pablo Escobar
The 53-second video with the logo of the Colombian publication EL Tiempo began to spread in Telegram channels on October 3, 2024. The English -language subtitles states that a relative of the drug lord Pablo Escobar named Rodrigo Gaviria arrived in Ukraine at the end of August, and on September 20 entered the Kursk region as part of the International Legion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The death of a man became known three days later. The video states that over the past year and a half in the Kursk region, 240 Colombians who fought from Ukraine have died in the Kursk region. Some sources called Gaviria an Academician Escobar, others - his great -grandson. The death of the Colombian reported "Tsargrad" And "Arguments and facts"As well as Telegram channels"Kostyan Cat - Official Channel"(79,000 views at the time of writing this analysis),"World No. 3"(41 000) and"Moldings of the militia of Novorossiya Z.O.V. " (36,000).
The video says that Gaviria had Escobaru, killed in 1993, Grandnephew, that is, the grandson of his nephew, the grandson of his brother or sister. It is known that the drug lord had two brothers: the eldest, Roberto de Hesus Escobar Gaviriaand the youngest, Louis Fernando Escobar Gaviria. The surname of all three brothers consists of the names of the parents: their mother The name was Hemilda Gaviriya, and his father is Hesus give Escobar. This means that Escobar’s grandson nephew, allegedly killed in the Kursk region, wore only the name of his grandmother, although both brothers Escobar took the full names of his parents. Gaviria - common The Columbian surname, however, “verified” did not find information about the connection of a certain Rodrigo Gaviria with the family of Escobar.
In the upper right corner of the video, the logo of the Colombian media El Tiempo is visible. Video design also resembles the design of content published on its YouTube channel. Although the video lasts less than a minute, it is not shot in a more suitable vertical format for it, but in horizontal. Similar short horizontal videos EL Tiempo also releasesBut they still last for several minutes and are full -fledged plots with the participation of the host in the studio and/or correspondent. A similar approach is used in the video published on YouTube in shorts and in Tiktok. In turn, the viral video contains only orderly music and is accompanied by English -language subtitles, although El Tiempo publishes all its materials in Spanish.
“Checked” did not find a video published in the pro-Kremlin Telegram channels, nor on the EL Tiempo website, nor on its pages on social networks (YouTube, Tiktok, X, Instagram, Facebook). Spanish -speaking and Colombian media also did not report the death of a relative of Escobar.
It is noteworthy that, as in the case of the video about the death of a relative of Shakira, the earliest publication with a video about the granddaughter of Escobar, who managed to find “verified”, appeared in the Telegram channel ”Kostyan Cat - Official Channel". The corresponding post was published on October 3 at 12:12 pm Moscow time.
Thus, messages about the death of a descendant of an escobar who fought in the Kursk region on the APU side are based on a falsified video and are not confirmed by other sources.
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