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An image of Francia Márquez, who was a prospective candidate for the presidency by a history treaty, is circulating on social networks and on other WhatsApp networks, she is obviously wearing an ELN scarf that covers half of her face, and it is false, as is known from the verification portal Columbia check-inher Instagram.
“Here is Francia Márquez. She's not as harmless as some people think.” , is the text that accompanies the image of a guerrilla girl in Francia Márquez and another photo next to her.
For Colombia Check, a portal dedicated to checking information and rejecting this type of false content, when viewing images, Marquez's skin is black, her hair is curly, the skin of the woman is smooth, her face shows an indigenous trace.
“We searched in reverse order for images of guerrillas and found the full picture in several press articles. Some of them claim that she is an alias, they claim to be Sonia captured in the Southwest in 2015, others identify themselves under the nickname Xiomara, a member of the ELN detained in Cucuta in 2017.” The Colombian check portal wrote on his Instagram account.
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According to research portals for content such as 'fake news', the publication of the alias Sonia or the alias Xiomara was published by Semana magazine on April 9, 2015 and was recognized by the police gala who occupied Ana Milena Garcia Leighton.
“We also found a video that captured the alias Sonia in other media outlets published on April 9, 2015, showing that the detention record is not the same as the image.” “, Colombia Check added to the official statement.
However, although it has been reported in other media that she is nicknamed Sonia or Xiomara, it is a contextual image that does not correspond to the real identity of the guerrilla and is given to journalists, so that the informative content can be contextualized. This was revealed by one of themembers of the elite group of Gaula de la Polidad, who, for the sake of safety, did not want to reveal their identity.
“Before she became a victim of armed groups. In the Rathoma delinquent area, there were FARC and paramilitary, not ELN. Now there are dissidents.” A member of the police Gaula of the Colombian check denied that she was Francia Márquez.
They also make it clear that the image of a guerrilla girl whose face is covered by the hood of an armed group is also used on the ELN website to refer to publications in which women participate.
“In short, we falsely admit the publications that circulate on the network, since Márquez does not appear in the image as an ELN guerrilla fighter.” Colombia Check concluded in an official publication.
On the Instagram account of the research portal, the publication received numerous responses from users, such as more than 1,000 'likes' and some comments, among which several thanks stand out for contributing not to false information on the social network.
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