The procedure was carried out in the framework of the prevention of terrorist acts and executed by the DFI of the Federal Police.
Search and Antiterrorist Prevention The Argentine Federal Police (PFA) raided a house in the City of Buenos Aires from which threats related to the intention of carrying out a massive attack against an educational establishment would have been issued. The report «warned about the existence of a user on a well-known social network for posts and messaging, who had expressed his intention to carry out a shooting in a school institution».
Intervention of the DUIA and Identification of the Suspect Faced with this situation, the judicial authorities gave intervention to the Department of Antiterrorist Investigations (DUIA) of the PFA, with the objective of identifying the person responsible and preventing the threat. This procedure, supervised by the Ministry of National Security, was carried out within the framework of the prevention of terrorist acts and was executed by the Federal Department of Investigations (DFI) of the PFA.
FBI Alert and Action of the UFECI The investigation began with a report submitted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the United States Embassy in Buenos Aires to the Specialized Fiscal Unit in Cybercrime (UFECI), in charge of Dr. Horacio Azzolin, with the intervention of the Secretariat of Dr. Christian Mansilla. Said plan «contemplated carrying out a threat in a shopping center near the school, subsequently entering the establishment, pretending to be a police officer, isolating the students in the classrooms and carrying out a shooting, with the intention of causing an act of extreme violence».
Judicial Situation The young man, 16 years old and of Argentine nationality, was at the disposal of the intervening magistrate, who ordered his transfer to the Forensic Medical Corps for a psychiatric evaluation. The judicial case was filed as «Public Intimidation».
Buenos Aires, November 1, 2025 - Total News Agency - TNA - A young man had issued threats.
In the operation, PFA officers identified the young man, who was with his family, and seized several items of interest.
Seized Items Among the seized items were several replicas of firearms (including pistols, a revolver, and a submachine gun), two knives, ammunition, pepper gas, «molotov» type bottles, two mobile phones, a notebook, a pendrive, and notebooks with notes.
Ideological Profile Uncovered During the investigation, the investigators determined that the teenager «showed a marked admiration for the Nazi national socialist regime, and on occasion had glorified multiple attackers or 'mass murderers,'» in addition to extolling violent behaviors.
Judicial Order and Operation With the evidence gathered, the National Criminal and Correctional Court No. 1, in charge of Dr. María Romilda Servini, Secretary of Dr. Sebastián Eduardo Martínez, ordered the search of the dwelling located on Juan Bautista Alberdi Avenue.
It was highlighted that the submachine gun replica had «inscriptions with the names of known mass shooters, such as Brenton Tarrant, Anders Breivik, and Rafael Solich (alias 'Pan Triste')».
Disarticulated Attack Plan Additionally, the agents found a written document in which the suspect described an attack plan scheduled for November.
