A flyer in her name told migrants to vote for Biden. But she says she didn’t write it

Gabriella Zavala runs a small organization that helps asylum-seekers in Matamoros, Mexico. Her life was turned upside down one day in April after the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project shared images on social media of a flyer with her name on it telling migrants to vote for Biden. Viral photos of the flyer were filmed in portable toilets at a migrant camp in Mexico, and they sparked a firestorm in Congress.  NPR‘s reporting suggests the flyer is not what it purports to be.

Here is a description of the flyer:

“BREAKING – Flyers distributed at NGO in Mexico encouraging illegals to vote for President Biden,” read the first post in a 10-part thread on X, formerly known as Twitter, posted at 9:03 p.m. U.S. Central time by the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project.

The Heritage Foundation’s investigative arm shared an image of the flyer and a video of copies hanging inside portable toilets at a Matamoros migrant camp. Within 12 hours, members of Congress would raise the flyer in hearings with Biden administration officials and use it to justify more restrictive voting laws.

KJ