FACT CHECK: Did US Marines Rescue 11 Kidnapped Children In Kansas?
A post shared on Facebook claims U.S. Marines recently rescued 11 kidnapped children in Kansas.
Verdict: False
The claim is false and stems from an April 10 article published by the satire site “Real Raw News.”
Fact Check:
Uniformed members of the U.S. Marine Corps were recently photographed at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence, according to Military.com. The service members did not attend a political fundraiser but instead attended an event on preventing veteran suicide, the outlet reported.
The Facebook post claims U.S. Marines recently rescued 11 kidnapped children in Kansas.
The claim is false and stems from an April 10 article published by the satire site, “Real Raw News.” A “Disclaimer” included on the site’s “About Us” page indicates its content is not meant to be taken literally. “Information on this website is for informational and educational and entertainment purposes. This website contains humor, parody, and satire. We have included this disclaimer for our protection, on the advice on legal counsel,” the disclaimer reads.
According to the April 10 article, U.S. Marines rescued the children from a dormant boxcar on an abandoned rail line in Kansas. The children were allegedly imprisoned by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Marine Corps obtained GPS coordinates of the children’s location after an informant purportedly intercepted a call between a FEMA supervisor and an unknown party.
Likewise, Check Your Fact found no credible news reports to support the claim. In fact, the opposite is true. Lead Stories reported the claim originally stemmed from “Real Raw News” via an April 12 article. (RELATED: No, Navy JAG Did Not Find Victoria Nuland Guilty ‘By Default’ And Sentence Her To Hang)
Additionally, the claim is neither referenced on the U.S. Marine Corps’ website nor its verified social media accounts. FEMA also has not publicly commented on the claim.
Check Your Fact has contacted the U.S. Marine Corps for comment and will update this piece accordingly if one is received.
