The 13-year-old adolescent investigated for the threats to the journalist Silvia Techera was arrested and transferred to Montevideo for “a psychiatric hospitalization”, According to sources from the Prosecutor’s Office.
The minor is in a “vulnerable situation” in terms of her “psychiatric health”, in what the Prosecutor’s Office analyzes as a “complex” situation. Leticia Sequeira is the prosecutor in charge of the case, and the investigation continues in search of other possible implicated.
The Specialized Family Court He also works in this case of threats, because a minor is involved, reported from the Prosecutor’s Office.
Techera, journalist for La Voz de Melo and Channel 10, received two death threats Wednesday via Facebook. one in the morning in which he is claimed for information he gave regarding a police case and the second It came from the same account of that social network in the early hours of Thursday and also pointed to the journalist’s environment.
The first threat she received, she says: “Good morning Silvia Techera, it was to warn you to take care of yourself in the street because your hours are numbered, if you want to take it as a threat, I tell you as a warning, I am going to sink your head shot in the street, I know where you live, declare yourself dead for the simple reason that you published in your death a publication talking about any shit about a person that you shouldn’t get involved with and calling him a criminal bandit, delinquent and murderer. You are a worthless journalist. Remember to take care of yourself on the street and lock the door well (sic)”.
According to the police investigation, the reason for the threats by the minor would the police car chase a group of people in Rio Branco and that the reporter posted on her Facebook account.
