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I was recently sent this image via social media, claiming that a baby with given name Netflix de Jesús had been registered earlier this year in Colombia:

This is not entirely an implausible claim, but it does sound just a liiiiittle bit too good to be true, and the first page of google hits (example, example, example, example) seems to be mid-range news outlets that are just riding on the (then-viral) image from social media.

Did this in fact happen? Or is it indeed too good to be true?

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  • Well, although Clarín (Argentina) and 20 minutos (España), are high volume newspapers, both cited "EFE" News Agency (efe.com) as the source.
    – ESL
    Nov 22, 2018 at 5:07

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It's Fake. There are no records in the local authorities database regarding this certification. And the form is not the one used for that kind of certifications.

https://consultasrc.registraduria.gov.co:28080/ProyectoSCCRC/

However, there are some other names found in Colombia (not Fake) like Jesucristo Hitler Paracelso Zeppelin, Batman Roberto, Deportivo Independiente Medellin (yes, a soccer team), and Rocky Rambo.

Source:
This article (in Spanish): https://colombiacheck.com/chequeos/es-falso-que-hayan-bautizado-un-colombiano-como-netflix-de-jesus

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