Overview
- Marco Antonio Aguayo, 22, was arrested and charged on a federal criminal complaint alleging threats against the president and successors after posts during Vice President JD Vance’s July 12, 2025 visit to Disneyland.
- Authorities say the Instagram comments claimed pipe bombs were planted and warned of impending “bloodshed,” with the messages posted on Disney’s official account while Vance and his family were at the resort.
- Secret Service agents and Anaheim police located Aguayo the same night, when he initially blamed a hack before admitting he wrote the posts as a supposed joke and surrendered his phone.
- Investigators traced the account through Meta and Google records, IP data, email and phone numbers, and confirmed access on Aguayo’s devices; no explosives were found and park operations were not disrupted.
- Aguayo faces up to five years in federal prison if convicted, with prosecutors and the attorney general condemning the threats as intolerable, and an initial court appearance expected Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Santa Ana.