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Miguel Ángel Elorza-Vásquez speaker of "El Detector de Mentiras" a Wednesday segment from the daily presidential press conference (“Mañanera”) in Mexico, produced by “Infodemia”. Photo: Goverment of Mexico

English Translation and Summary By Pedro Salvador Guerrero 1. Context & Introduction “El Detector de Mentiras” (The Lie Detector) is a Wednesday segment from the daily presidential press conference (“Mañanera”) in Mexico, produced by “Infodemia” designed to...

An account with nearly 350,000 followers producing disinformation aligned with President Donald Trump is the author of many smear campaigns against Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and is being replicated by Mexican opposition politicians and fake news sites. Photo: Goverment of Mexico.

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‘Drug cartels killed 35 presidential candidates so Sheinbaum could win.’: A massive US X account behind a campaign of lies

Témoris Grecko

2025.03.25

An account with nearly 350,000 followers producing disinformation aligned with President Donald Trump is the author of many smear campaigns against Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and is being replicated by Mexican opposition politicians and fake news sites....

Tren Maya en Cancún, Quintana Roo. Photo: Cuartoscuro / MxPA

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China in Mexico’s Tren Maya? Republican lawmakers use lies to pressure President Sheinbaum

Témoris Grecko

2025.03.18

Representative August Pfluger of Texas’ 11th District and 35 Republican lawmakers fabricated a false suspicion of Chinese economic intervention in Mexico to bolster their campaign in support of Vulcan Materials, which is facing legal proceedings in Mexico...

Reporters of The New York Times seem to have been misled to believe they were being taken to an illegal urban fentanyl laboratory.

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The New York Times reports an adventurous visit to a fake fentanyl lab

Témoris Grecko

2025.03.04

This note is based on a Grecko’s social-network publication posted on Dec. 30th, 2024. Reporters of The New York Times seem to have been misled to believe they were being taken to an illegal urban fentanyl laboratory,...