They arrested him for saying in a video that he wanted to kill President Luis Lacalle Pou

The portfolio added that once “made available” to justice, prosecutor Ana Valverdú ordered that the man, whom she did not identify, appear before her this Monday, to whom she will then decide to impute it or not.

“I wanted to leave a clear message and go viral: I want to kill the president”, said in one of the videos the subject, who identified himself as Agustín Cabrera, according to the newspaper The observer From Uruguay.

In another video, he explained that his post was intended for support three organizers of a recent anti-vaccine protest in Maldonado who were charged with “aggravated contempt” and who were prohibited from leaving Uruguay for 90 days.

Esos mensajes respondieron has a periodista que pedía que la gente hiciera videos contra la protesta antivacuna, y al que le preguntó en una de las grabaciones: “¿Quién sos vos para decirme dónde tengo que salir, con quién, hasta qué hora, qué tengo what to do?”

However, the state Radio Uruguay He said that once the video with the threat went viral, the alleged Cabrera released another recording in which he explained that his threats were not directed against the President of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, but was referring to a video game.