Argentina announces Río Negro arrest of ‘terrorist linked to Islamic State’

Security Minister Patricia Bullrich says authorities have detained a 24-year-old man allegedly linked to the Islamic state terrorist group in General Roca, Río Negro Province.

Bullrich, who claimed that the accused intended to “recruit” Argentine youngsters to participate in terrorism, said at a press conference that David Nazareno Ávila had been detained by Coast Guard (Prefectura Naval Argentina) officers on Tuesday following a nine-month investigation.

“He is a terrorist linked to Daesh or Islamic State. This terrorist represented a concrete threat to national security,” she maintained at a press conference held at the Security Ministry in Buenos Aires.

“Naza, as he called himself in the social networks, represented a concrete threat to the security of Argentines,” claimed the minister, adding that the accused had spread material about the terrorist organisation on the Internet.

Read more: Buenos Aires Times (Argentina)