The arrest was made by agents of the Anti-Terrorist Investigation Unit Division of the Investigation Superintendence of the Argentine Federal Police. The Federal Police arrested him in Venado Tuerto, in an operation with Spanish authorities.

Through Telegram, he shared suspicious messages about possible targets. They seized a notebook and a cell phone. The detainee, along with the detained items, were at the disposal of the intervening judicial authority in the case titled "Public intimidation" At the beginning of January, the national government had arrested three suspects of terrorist activities.