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On 9 January 2017, the web site Times.com.mx published an article reporting that Mexican Drug kingpin Joaquín El Chapo Guzmán had donated millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation, claiming that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had broken the news while speaking at a conference over the weekend: This article was published on 9 January 2017, and while the author claimed that Assange made the comment at a conference over the weekend (referring to the 7th and 8th of January), the included photograph was actually taken in February 2016, when the WikiLeaks founder appeared via a video stream for a news conference in which he discussed his possible extradition to Sweden over a sexual assault charge, not improper donations from El Chapo to the Clinton Foundation. As well, Times.com.mx suggested that Assange made his comment in a room full of reporters, yet no legitimate news reports or video clips have surfaced confirming that Assange made any such statment. Furthermore, Times.com.mx did not provide any links to back up their sources or any specific details (such as the time and place of this conference) which could give their report credibility. While Times.com.mx does not carry a readily available disclaimer labeling its contents as fiction, this story of theirs is clearly just more fake news.
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