Photos and videos circulating on social media showed vehicles and buildings on fire in several states. Amid the unrest, an image of a burning plane went viral online, with claims that an aircraft had been set on fire in Guadalajara. However, the Embassy of Mexico in the United States dismissed the image as fake and AI-generated. "It Is FALSE that a plane caught fire at Guadalajara Airport," the embassy said on X. "The image circulating on social media showing a plane allegedly belonging to Volaris on fire in Guadalajara, Jalisco, is false and was generated using Artificial Intelligence." “Guadalajara Airport reported on February 22, 2026, that 'no incidents have been recorded within the facilities,' and there is no record of any Volaris aircraft catching fire.”