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Fact Check: Images of cartel boss ‘El Mencho’ with Mexican model were created with AI

by Mexico News Hour
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AI-generated images of Mexican cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera, known as “El Mencho”, with model Maria Julissa were used to suggest that ​she betrayed the drug lord, leading to his death in a ‌military raid, but she described posts linking them as “false and unfounded.”

Oseguera, 59, was killed on February 22, and Mexico’s Defense Minister Ricardo Trevilla said information from a confidante of ​one of Oseguera’s romantic partners helped officials plan the raid.

Two, opens new tab photographs, opens new tab showing ​Oseguera and Julissa were posted online, opens new tab with the caption, “BREAKING New evidence is ⁠emerging around well known influencer and OnlyFans star Maria Julissa. Reports ​point to an alleged connection and betrayal linked to the drug trade and ​the now deceased cartel boss known as El Mencho.”

One of the images showed Julissa wearing a vest with the letters CJNG, the Spanish acronym for Oseguera’s Jalisco New ​Generation Cartel.

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