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Facebook posts about social events and travel by a would-be refugee undermined claims he was hiding in fear and now his desire to be “more famous” through social media “likes” has destroyed his bid to settle in Canada.

Dixon Javier Campo Diaz fled Colombia with his wife and son under threat of the armed rebel group known as FARC, he told authorities when they arrived in Canada and sought asylum.

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The family’s trouble started Sept. 15, 2015, when Diaz met an old friend who was accompanied by two strangers. When Diaz mentioned his wife worked for an airline, the men wanted her to take suitcases for them from Bogota to Cali, he told immigration authorities.

Suspecting they were transporting drugs, he refused.

When asked for an explanation (Diaz) answered that when he posted photos on Facebook the more ‘likes’ he received the more famous he felt

The next day, he said, he received an anonymous threatening telephone call saying he shouldn’t “mess” with the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC).

He reported the threat to the Attorney General’s office, which referred him to local police for protection, he said. A few weeks later, on Oct. 11, 2015, he was assaulted on his way to work.