Did a widely-shared video show a real Mexican soldier speaking to camera and saying "We're to help the people of Texas"? No, that's not true: The clip was produced using AI. The video contained telltale glitches such as the soldier's name badge reading "MEXICIO" instead of his name, and a small watermark in the corner of the video signified that it was created using Google's Veo AI video-generator.
The video appeared in a July 10, 2025, post on TikTok (archived here), with the headline:
Mexico recuse teams in Texas helping flood victims in Texas send prayers for them #usa #unitedstates #usaarmy #usamilitary #aviationlovers #aviation #viral #texas
The video appears to show a man in military fatigues speaking to the camera and saying:
We're here to help the people of Texas. Mexico stands with you. We'll get through this together. Hit "Follow" and show your love.
It can be watched below:
@ocean.resolves Mexico recuse teams in Texas helping flood victims in Texas send prayers for them #usa #unitedstates #usaarmy #usamilitary #aviationlovers #aviation #viral #texas ♬ original sound - OCEAN 🌊 RESOLVES
The video was re-posted elsewhere, without any indication that it was inauthentic. For example, a July 10 post on X (archived here) included the clip along with the following caption:
So, I'd rather live next door to a Mexican immigrant with a good heart than a MAGA whose heart is as -- cold as ICE.
How about you?
The video was fake, and the soldier never existed.
A relatively small "Veo" watermark in the bottom-right corner of the frame makes it clear that the video was created using Google's AI video-generator Veo:
(Image source: Screenshot from July 10, 2025 post by tiktok.com/@ocean.resolves)
However, even without that label, some logical and visual glitches in the video strongly indicated that AI was used in its creation. For example, the the name badge on the soldier's chest does not feature a name. Rather, it read "MEXICIO", which is the type of misspelling that is a classic feature of AI-generated text:
(Image source: Screenshot from July 10, 2025 post by tiktok.com/@ocean.resolves)
Secondly, the video appears to show Red Cross workers or volunteers carefully placing blankets on a downed tree, then picking them back up, before considering where to place them again -- actions that make no sense whatsoever but do involve a conflation of typical rescue operations: giving blankets to people affected by a disaster; and determining how to remove a downed tree or other debris.
This type of logical glitch is again typical of AI-generated images and videos:
(Image source: Screenshot from July 10, 2025 post by tiktok.com/@ocean.resolves)
Mexican firefighters did come to Texas (archived here) to aid rescue efforts after catastrophic flooding there in July 2025, but this video was not an authentic example of such assistance.
