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[low evidence] YouTuber claims to find evidence of mass murder at CECOT in satellite images (youtu.be)
submitted 1 month ago by conditional_soup@lemm.ee to c/uspolitics@lemmy.world
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I mean, it's a dude looking at pixels on google earth. It's hard to be sure, and there's nothing else really but conjecture to support the claim. Thoughts? Ideas on how to confirm or refute this?

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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I looked it up myself and I'm not sure I agree that it's bodies and blood.

Side note: the "gore" is not there on Apple Maps and even though Bing maps says Copyright 2025, CECOT is a field

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Could be that CECOT is censored in bing data

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think it's just an old picture as there's some other missing roads and buildings in the area. Doesn't look censored

CECOT was built in 2022 and from what I'm reading, Bing's map data is usually like 5 years out of date. I followed a guide on getting the metadata (that includes capture date) but it wasn't on there and I didn't feel like seeing up a Bing account to use the API so it'll have to remain a mystery for now

[–] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Fair enough. I'm considering purchasing private satellite imagery from more high-res providers.

Edit: yowzers, minimum pricing makes any imaging worth a damn about $125. I'm pretty sure my SO would stove my head in.