“Navy SEALs found over 1,000 trafficked children and dead bodies on the Evergreen ship that blocked the Suez Canal.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 3 Apr 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisPants on Fire
What PolitiFact found
This is a fabricated story. There is no evidence any trafficked children or dead bodies have been found on the ship.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 3 April 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 5 April 2021, 2 days later. Its rating was “Pants on Fire”.
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