A person was arrested in Paraguay for threatening the American ambassador

A man known to have threatened on Twitter the American ambassador to Paraguay, Marc Ostfieldwas arrested in a town near Asunción, national police reported on Saturday.

The young man, identified on the social network as Edward Garciawas arrested in the city of Ferdinand de la Moracentral department, after posting on his account that a “bullet in the foreheadthe diplomat.

“A bullet in the forehead, what this trash of a person needs“wrote García on the social network. Local media reported that the individual is facing charges for alleged threat of a punishable act.

Regarding the case, the Deputy Head of the National Police Anti-Kidnapping Department, Mario Vallejosexplained to the channel Telefuturo that after noting the publication, they communicated the fact to the public prosecutor, who, through the intermediary of the public prosecutor Irma Plainof the specialized computer crime unit, ordered the detention.

consulted by GlobeLiveMedia, prosecutor Llano confirmed that García had admitted the fact. “We have already loaded it. In addition to that, we order the arrest and we make it available to the court,” he said.

And he added: “Now we will have to do the mobile phone know-how and also wait for twitter report. But, likewise, he admitted the factthat he was the one who wrote this and that he did it because he supposedly disagreed with the policy of the United States.

For his part, the prefect of police indicated that the young man said he had broadcast the tweet “unaware of the impact” and the “impact“What could I have. In any case, he specified that the job of the Police is to demonstrate that “there is no real threat against the diplomat”.

The inmate said Telefuturo that what was said on Twitter was “without any intention” there apologized to the American Ambassadordepths”.

“It was a total slip-up, nonsense I shouldn’t have said“, prisoner; while specifying that he never had the idea of ​​wanting to attempt the life of anyone.

And followed by:I don’t even have the means or the idea to carry a weapon (…). Since I finished my studies, I devoted myself only to work and never in my life had the idea of ​​attacking anyone, even less against the United States Ambassador.

the local newspaper Last hour reported that a cell phone had been seized Iphone 6while ABC indicated that the arrest took place in the context of the “Operation Adriconducted by the Anti-Kidnapping Department of the Paraguayan Police.

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