Police: WhatsApp posts get Florida International University student arrested – Local 10 News

Published:  April 16, 2026 at 1:03 PM Florida International University police officers arrested Gabriela Saldana on Thursday on campus in Miami-Dade County’s University Park area. A 23-year-old Florida International University student’s recent messages on a WhatsApp group resulted in a criminal case, according to police. Gabriela Saldana was at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on Thursday after corrections booked her on Wednesday afternoon. Saldana “made a threat to kill or do bodily harm” in her posts on Friday and Wednesday about “a scheduled event” in a WhatsApp group chat, according to a police officer’s arrest report. Saldana “admitted to sending and transmitting the messages,” and FIU campus police officers arrested her shortly after 2:10 a.m. on Thursday on campus at 885 SW 109 Ave., records show. Police officers did not include the specific threats in their report about the alleged crime. Miami-Dade corrections booked Saldana shortly after 4:15 a.m. on Thursday. She faced a charge of written threats to kill or do bodily injury. Local 10 News Assignment Editor Carson Merlo contributed to this report. Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com – All rights reserved. Andrea Torres The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She
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