Police were placed on guard at a school in Guaymallén after a teacher received a death threat via WhatsApp.

The Cacique Guaymallén school, located in the department of the same name in Mendoza , has had a police patrol inside since Tuesday , June 17. The officers were preemptively deployed there after the DGE (General Directorate of Education) reported to the Mendoza courts on Monday , June 16, that a teacher who teaches there had received a video on her cell phone threatening to kill other teachers at the school.

According to reports, the video sent to the teacher via WhatsApp showed photos of a person holding a firearm . Along with these images, the sender of the intimidating video included a text message warning that the death threat was extended to all afternoon teachers . However, according to reports, the teacher who received the terrifying message was excluded from the warning.

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According to the DGE (General Directorate of Education), the Secondary School Directorate had become aware of the situation on Sunday the 15th , and therefore the complaint was filed on Monday the 16th , a holiday commemorating Güemes ' passing into immortality. For this reason, when classes resumed on Tuesday, June 17th , a police guard was already in place, a policy that remains in place today, and tomorrow, Tuesday, June 24th, it will be a week old.

In addition, the school administration confirmed that a series of meetings have been held with guidance teams and students to discuss the issue.

The student who sent the video containing the death threat to the teacher via WhatsApp has not yet been identified . In fact, sources familiar with the case indicated that the recipient of the message teaches classes and works at several schools in Mendoza.

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However, since the threat clarified that the potential victims would be the afternoon shift teacher's colleagues, and since the Guaymallén school was the only one where the teacher worked that shift , the judicial authorities ordered that police custody be limited exclusively to the Guaymallén school.

With the official complaint filed and the phone number from which the death threat was sent registered, an investigation was conducted to determine whether it matched the number of any of the students at the Cacique Guaymallén school . However, there were no matches between the cell phones registered at the institution and those belonging to the student enrollment .

Illustrative image of a weapon. Photo: Courtesy

Illustrative image of a weapon. Photo: Courtesy

In fact, the lists of cell phones of students from the other schools where the teacher who was sent the threatening video teaches were also reviewed and it was concluded that the cell phone is not registered either .

Although the ownership of the cell phone number from which the death threat was sent has not yet been confirmed , the Mendoza courts now have the information and other clues to try to determine the author and sender of the terrifying video.