On Jan. 1, 2025, after a man rammed a pickup into a crowd of New Year's revelers in New Orleans, killing more than a dozen people, a rumor about his origins spread. According to a Fox News report, law enforcement said the man drove the truck into the U.S. from the Mexico border at Eagle Pass, Texas, just days before the attack.

Fox News initially reported the New Orleans attacker's truck passed across the border into Texas two days before but later issued a correction.