{"id":109619,"date":"2022-01-03T20:57:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T15:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=109619"},"modified":"2022-01-03T20:57:24","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T15:27:24","slug":"video-from-mexico-killing-a-man-shared-as-rss-worker-killed-in-kerala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-mexico-killing-a-man-shared-as-rss-worker-killed-in-kerala\/","title":{"rendered":"Old video from Mexico shared as RSS worker killed in Kerala"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Graphic footage of a man whose limbs have been severed is viral on social media. In the final seconds of the video, he is seen falling to the ground. Alt News will not be including a link to the visuals due to its disturbing nature. The video is being circulated on Twitter as the murder of an RSS worker in Kerala.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-109620 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"443\" height=\"628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image.png 443w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image-212x300.png 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another Twitter user shared the clip with this claim.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-109621 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image.jpeg 449w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image-209x300.jpeg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It has also made its way to WhatsApp with the accompanying claim.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-109619 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-mexico-killing-a-man-shared-as-rss-worker-killed-in-kerala\/screenshot-2021-12-26-235518\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1097\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2021-12-26-235518.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2021-12-26-235518.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2021-12-26-235518-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2021-12-26-235518-1024x583.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2021-12-26-235518-768x438.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1097px) 100vw, 1097px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-mexico-killing-a-man-shared-as-rss-worker-killed-in-kerala\/screenshot-2021-12-31-110436-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"834\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2021-12-31-110436-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2021-12-31-110436-1.jpg 834w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2021-12-31-110436-1-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2021-12-31-110436-1-768x617.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 834px) 100vw, 834px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Taking a closer look at the video, we discovered that the language being spoken is not an Indian language, indicating that it is not from India.<\/p>\n<p>Alt News then performed a reverse image search using frames from the video. We found that it had been posted on Facebook back in 2018. However, the user who posted it did not provide any additional information.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-109623 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"810\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image-1.jpeg 810w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image-1-300x153.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/word-image-1-768x393.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Upon further research, we came across a report dated August 4, 2018 on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.adnsureste.info\/autoridades-localizan-una-narcofosa-con-al-menos-dos-cadaveres-circula-en-redes-sociales-video-de-un-hombre-desmembrado-2355-h\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website named ADN Sureste<\/a> which said that the incident occurred in Ohaka, a city located in Mexico. At the time, two individuals from the city of Chahuites had been kidnapped and were reported missing.<\/p>\n<p>A few other articles from 2018 (<a href=\"https:\/\/cnmnewz.com\/2018\/08\/08\/drug-terrorists-hack-mans-arms-and-legs-off-and-mock-him-as-he-is-dying-make-threats-to-the-public-and-say-im-going-to-tear-your-limbs-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livegore.com\/2246\/man-brutally-tortured-with-amputated-arms-and-legs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Link 2<\/a>) also reported that the violence occurred in Mexico, identifying it as murder by a drug cartel. One of these further states that the people recording the footage are interrogating the man and asking him, \u2018Who murdered Juanito Castellanos?\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>To sum it up, a video of a murder in Ohaka, Mexico from around three years ago was falsely circulated on Indian social media as visuals of an RSS worker being killed. It is worth noting that there have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%98+%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE&amp;sxsrf=AOaemvJ6a37w0u7JOIPY6G7x5aQEWhj3gw:1640951735251&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=nws&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwinj5fK_Y31AhXlr1YBHT2VBwcQ_AUoAnoECAEQBA&amp;biw=1280&amp;bih=587&amp;dpr=1.5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not been any recent reports<\/a> of such an incident from the state. The last incident <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aajtak.in\/crime\/news\/story\/rss-worker-murdered-with-knives-in-kerala-bjp-accuses-sdpi-ntc-1357393-2021-11-15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">of an RSS worker being killed<\/a> in Kerala occurred over a month ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graphic footage of a man whose limbs have been severed is viral on social media. In the final seconds of the video, he is seen falling to the ground. Alt News will not be including a link to the visuals due to its disturbing nature. The video is being circulated on Twitter as the murder [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":109627,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[739],"coauthors":[664],"class_list":["post-109619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos","an_content_type-fact-check"],"blocksy_meta":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/01\/Copy-of-compare-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109619"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109639,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109619\/revisions\/109639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109619"},{"taxonomy":"an_content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/an_content_type?post=109619"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=109619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}