Topic: Oaxaca

Alternative media figures like Dan Bongino and Ben Shapiro are criticized for focusing on "clickbait" aspects of the border wall story rather than the underlying NGO involvement. Meanwhile, a luxury touring bus carrying 55 migrants from Venezuela and Haiti crashed in Puebla, Mexico, resulting in 25 injuries and multiple deaths. The use of high-end buses suggests that NGOs or state-funded programs are facilitating the transport of migrants toward the U.S. border.

Mayor Alejandro Aparicio of a town in Oaxaca, Mexico, was assassinated on New Year's Day just hours after taking office. Human rights researchers report that 175 Mexican politicians were killed in the 12-month period ending August 2018.

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Guerrero, Mexico, while Malia Obama was on a school trip in Oaxaca. Reports surfaced that the Mexican government had scheduled an earthquake simulation for the same day, leading to conspiracy theories regarding the event's timing. The White House reportedly requested that news organizations like Huffington Post and Yahoo News remove stories about the First Daughter's trip for security and political reasons.