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Argentina Raids 14-Year-Old’s Home Over Discord Threats Tied to April 20, 2026

An FBI alert prompted a federal raid that shifted the case to court‑supervised analysis of seized devices.

Overview

  • Federal antiterrorism police searched a home in La Lonja, Pilar, after tracing Discord posts that threatened attacks on a Tortuguitas mall and a Del Viso school.
  • Investigators say the posts shared satellite images and gun photos with a stated date of April 20, 2026, echoing Hitler’s birthday and the Columbine anniversary.
  • Officers seized a butterfly knife, a notebook and phone, and notebooks with ISIS and Hamas lists alongside Nazi symbols, for digital and forensic review.
  • The adolescent was present during the raid but was not detained because he is below Argentina’s age of criminal responsibility, and the case remains active.
  • Fiscal Ramiro González and Judge Sebastián Ramos lead the probe launched from an FBI legal‑attaché report, in what police describe as one of several recent minor‑involved threat cases.