{"id":1227733,"date":"2022-01-20T14:08:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T19:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1227733"},"modified":"2022-01-20T14:08:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T19:08:11","slug":"fact-check-does-this-video-show-french-soldiers-being-arrested-in-mali","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-french-soldiers-being-arrested-in-mali\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show French Soldiers Being Arrested In Mali?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-does-this-video-show-french-soldiers-being-arrested-in-mali%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1227733&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A video&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=303037645095798&amp;id=646748860\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid%3D303037645095798%26id%3D646748860&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1642693534589000&amp;usg=AOvVaw063Wz-e7KL5Muvx38aymPF\">shared on Facebook<\/a> over 400 times purportedly shows French soldiers being arrested in Mali.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Verdict: False<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The people in the video are not French soldiers, but rather Colombian nationals who were arrested in July 2021 for their alleged roles in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Mo\u00efse.<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Fact Check:<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Social media users recently began sharing a video showing several uniformed men escorting people in handcuffs&nbsp;while claiming it shows French soldiers being arrested. \u201cFRANCE SOLDIER ARRESTED IN MALI,\u201d reads the post\u2019s caption. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/07\/12\/fact-check-haiti-first-lady-martine-moise-die\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Haiti\u2019s First Lady Martine Mo\u00efse Die?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A reverse image search by Check Your Fact revealed the video was first published on the Columbian news site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agenciapi.co\/video\/mundo\/captura-de-militares-colombianos-por-el-magnicidio-del-presidente-de-haiti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Agencia de Periodismo Investigatio<\/a> in July 2021. The headline of the article, written is Spanish, roughly translates to \u201cCapture of Colombian soldiers for the assassination of the President of Haiti.\u201d More than a dozen ex-Colombian soldiers were arrested in July 2021 for their alleged role in the assassination of Mo\u00efse, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/07\/10\/1014947924\/ex-colombian-soldiers-arrests-add-to-the-mystery-around-the-haiti-assassination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n<p>Check Your Fact likewise found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=French+Soldiers+arrested+mali&amp;hl=en&amp;biw=960&amp;bih=972&amp;sxsrf=AOaemvJqukfEf20xEH7_7d8qezq5cDG8QA%3A1642691070855&amp;ei=_nnpYZ7EM5ahptQPh7Gp0A0&amp;ved=0ahUKEwieu4OOzcD1AhWWkIkEHYdYCtoQ4dUDCA4&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=French+Soldiers+arrested+mali&amp;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAMyCAghEBYQHRAeMggIIRAWEB0QHjIICCEQFhAdEB46BwgAEEcQsAM6BQghEKsCSgQIQRgASgQIRhgAULkDWMkIYOQJaAFwAngAgAFriAHDA5IBAzQuMZgBAKABAcgBCMABAQ&amp;sclient=gws-wiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no evidence<\/a> of such arrests taking place in Mali. Neither the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gouvernement.fr\/espace-presse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">French<\/a> government nor the <a href=\"https:\/\/ml.ambafrance.org\/-Actualites-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">French Embassy<\/a> in Mali put out a statement about any of their soldiers being arrested in the African country.<\/p>\n<p>France previously suspended military ties with Mali in June 2021 following a coup led by Malian military official Col. Assimi Go\u00efta, who was subsequently named interim president after the coup, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-57347876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BBC<\/a>. In October 2021, France began to withdraw troops from Mali in an effort to reorganize forces stationed in the Sahel region of the country, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/africa\/20211014-french-forces-begin-northern-mali-drawdown-the-idea-is-not-to-create-a-vacuum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">France 24.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mali\u2019s transitional authorities announced Jan. 18 a review of a 2013 defense agreement between the country and France, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/africa\/20220118-mali-s-junta-seeks-review-of-unbalanced-defence-deal-with-france\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">France 24<\/a> reported. The agreement was signed in March 2013 after France launched a military operation in the country in January of that year, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video\u00a0shared on Facebook over 400 times purportedly shows French soldiers being arrested in Mali.Verdict: False The people in the video are not French soldiers, but rather Colombian nationals who &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1227733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1227733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1227733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1227733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1227733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}