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Chelsie Napiza

FIU Student Arrested After Asking Netanyahu to 'Drop Bombs' on Her Campus in a WhatsApp Chat She Called a Joke

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FIU student Gabriela Saldana, 23, was arrested after sending messages in a student WhatsApp group that investigators say constituted a written threat. (Credit: YouTube: WSVN-TV)

A 23-year-old Florida International University student is facing a felony charge after two messages she sent in a 215-person student WhatsApp group chat drew a swift response from campus police and, eventually, a Miami-Dade bond court.

Gabriela Saldana was arrested in the early hours of 17 April 2026, hours after FIU campus police investigated a written threat transmitted to a large student group discussing a forthcoming event at the university's Ocean Bank Convocation Center.

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