The alleged image about the mass celebration of President Pedro Castillo in Cajamarca |Public eye

Amid the restrictions for the end of the year, an image on social networks circulates with a message that the President of the Republic, Pedro Castillo, was allegedly captured in a massive celebration in the city of Chota, Cajamarca.However, after tracking the origin of the photo, Eyopublic concludes that this version is false.

On December 25, the apocryphal photo was published on the social network Twitter where it obtained thousands of interactions.In the image you can see a couple dancing.One of them is an adult man who apparently looks like President Castillo, with a hat, a mask that covers his face, a blue jacket and beige pants.

The photograph also carries a belt that ensures that Castillo "celebrates a meeting with innumerable people".

Viral. La supuesta imagen del presidente Castillo en una reunión social masiva ha sido difundida a través de distintas cuentas en Twitter.

EyopopúlCarabayllo district, located north of Lima Metropolitana.

The original video was published on Tiktok by user Walter Flores in November 2021, according to Lioner and Popular Media.Both media published the same video, and highlighted that he was known as the double of President Castillo due to his similar appearance.

"In the images you can see a man who looks exactly the same as the president of Peru, even has the same hat and dresses the same," says the report of the newspaper El Popular.

Origen. El protagonista de la imagen es el artista Samuel Tarrillo, quien aparece vestido como el presidente Castillo durante un evento público.

Video: Walter Flores.

Eyopublic contacted Walter Flores, author of the original Tiktok video, and clarified that the man who appears dancing in the video is actually Samuel Tarrillo, a singer and leader of a musical band, who presented himself dressed as the president at the inauguration ofA restaurant in the district of Carabayllo, last November.

"It's not President Castillo.He is only a man who sang in a small band, and then began to dance.I recorded the video at night and the next day I published it, ”said Flores.

Accessed for this verification, Samuel Tarrillo, confirmed that he is the one who appears dancing with a woman in the video object of this verification.Tarrillo said that it comes from the department of Cajamarca, and said that his usual way of dressing is similar to that of Castillo.

“As a provincial I have used my hat, and then, people have been wrong that I am the president.We have an almost the same appearance.I dress with my normal clothes, it is not for imitation, ”he said to Eyopublico.

In addition, he said that he leads an ancestral music band called Los Cariñitositos del Bicentenario de Tacabamba, and that in some of his presentations he attends dressed as in the viral video.

EVIDENCIA.Samuel Tarrillo envió a OjoPúblico una fotografía con la misma persona que aparece en el video original de TikTok.

Precisely because of its physical resemblance to President Castillo, Tarrillo has appeared in different media such as the Trome newspaper, the Republic, the Pan American television channel, among others.

"Samuel Tarrillo, the double call of President Pedro Castillo Terrones and is that his clothing and physical similar is so that this Cajamarquino cannot walk the streets without being confused with the president," reads the Pan -American report, August, Augustof 2021.

While the newspaper La República gave the reactions generated by Samuel Tarrillo when taking a public transport.

"Many people are confused with President Castillo, since they look physically very much, which attracts the attention of citizens, who even took some photos with a tarrillo," said the media.

In summary, the man who appears dancing in a viral photograph on social networks is not President Pedro Castillo.On the contrary, this is Samuel Tarrillo, an artist with a physical appearance similar to the president, who was recorded dancing during a public event in November 2021, in the district of Carabayllo.

Based on the above, Eyopublic concludes that the image that supposedly shows the president of Peru, Pedro Castillo, dancing in a massive celebration for Christmas, in the city of Chota, in Cajamarca, is false.