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San Juan Authorities Detain and Charge 74-Year-Old Over Lali Espósito Bomb Threat

Geolocation data traced the bomb threat call to El Marquesado, leading to the arrest of Juan Carlos Salem on public intimidation charges.

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Lali en un reciente concierto de su gira "No vayas a atender cuando el demonio llama". (Cortesía En vivo producciones)
El acusado enfrenta cargos por el delito de intimidación pública.
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Overview

  • Juan Carlos Salem, 74, was arrested at his Rivadavia home after geolocation forensics linked the August 1 911 call threatening a bomb at Lali Espósito’s concert to a phone activated in El Marquesado.
  • Prosecutors Alejandro Mattar and Ignacio Achem filed public intimidation charges against Salem under the oversight of Dra. Daniela Pringles’ Unidad Fiscal Genérica del Ministerio Público de San Juan.
  • Police seized a .22-caliber revolver and multiple phones during the operation, and Salem admitted making the call and destroying the phone used to place it.
  • The anonymous call included racially charged slurs and a politically motivated warning aimed at preventing Espósito’s performance at Estadio Aldo Cantoni.
  • Digital forensics and witness statements remain under review as authorities work to clarify Salem’s motives and identify any possible accomplices.