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  • 2021-10-29 (xsd:date)
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  • No, photos from US-Mexico border – not South Africans trying to illegally seek jobs in Zimbabwe (en)
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  • Thirty South Africans have been caught trying to illegally cross into Zimbabwe via the Beitbridge border post, reads a message posted on Facebook in Zimbabwe. Hidden among their few possessions were CVs & academic certificates. It’s now suspected that they were trying to illegally seek employment in this country. The post includes two photos . One shows a group of people lying under exposed wooden planks in a truck trailer. The other is of a police officer inspecting the planks. South Africa has become notorious for violence against immigrants . But do the photos show South Africans trying to illegally cross into Zimbabwe , the country’s northern neighbour, in search of work? We checked. Reverse image search A reverse image search using Google and Yandex reveals that the photos were posted on Reddit and Twitter in January 2021. The posts include other photos of the scene, including of a police car with the branding of the Laredo Police Department . Laredo is a city in the US state of Texas , on that country’s border with Mexico . One of the photos was featured in an article by the Laredo Morning Times on 5 January 2021. According to the article, a trailer was intercepted at the US border patrol checkpoint on Interstate 35 on 29 December, 2020. The trailer was searched and 17 people were found hiding in a compartment built inside the lumber. (en)
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