TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) – A Tallahassee man is facing charges after allegedly threatening to kill President Donald Trump, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Diego Villavicencio, 36, is charged with two counts of interstate communication of threats, one county of impeding or retaliating against a federal official and one count of threats against the President.
According to court documents, the FBI was notified of several “concerning and threatening statement” posted to X in September 2025. Court records show the statements were against government officials and CEOs.
These messages often ended with “death to America” and “blowing up America,” documents show.
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One of the threats was directed against a member of Congress. In response to a post by the Congress member, Villavicencio said “I’ll kill you and your family and you won’t do anything about it. Corruption listens to bullets,” according to documents.
Court documents show Villavicencio also threatened President Trump, saying “I’ll be driving there to take a couple of shots at trump and some of the other corrupt plutocrats.”
Evidence gathered throughout the investigation indicated Villavicencio has history of making similar threats and had previously been arrested for aggravated assault.
Villavicencio faces up to five years in prison on each count of interstate communication of threats and threatening the President and ten years for impeding or retaliating against a federal official.
His trial is scheduled for May 5, 2026.
An indictment is merely an allegation by a grand jury that a defendant has committed a violation of federal criminal law and is not evidence of guilt.
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