Alleged ex-girlfriend of Uvalde school shooter arrested in Puerto Rico
A woman claiming to be the ex-girlfriend of Salvador Ramos, the gunman who killed 21 people at Robb Elementary School in 2022, was arrested in Puerto Rico over alleged threats to Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District, city personnel and Uvalde residents, including several with ties to the massacre.
Victoria Rodriguez-Morales was indicted Wednesday on 13 counts of making threats using interstate communications, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Puerto Rico said in a statement Thursday. She lived in Uvalde until 2020 and has allegedly been harassing the Texas community since at least 2018. According to court records, Rodriguez-Morales used Gmail, Instagram, Facebook and Kick.com to menace schools, hospitals and law enforcement officers among others.
“They will shoot uvalde high school and morales jr high whenever I tell ’em So yeah the persecution is gonna start today,” one message said.
Another reads: “I will haunt everyone from class 2022 to 2023 Each and every single one of y’all will die.”
The messages also reference Ramos, with Rodriguez-Morales allegedly writing “each and every single one of y’all will die in the name of Salvador.” She also mentioned Kimberly Mata-Rubio, who launched an unsuccessful bid for mayor this year.
“If Mata Rubio wins the elections I will kill her,” the message said.
Mata-Rubio’s daughter was also one of 19 children, most of them only 9 and 10 years only, fatally shot during Ramos’ rampage at Robb Elementary on May 24, 2022. He also killed two teachers before he too was shot by a responding border patrol agent.
The attorney’s office also noted that one of Rodriguez-Morales’ threats resulted in the temporary closing of a school in Texas. She is being held at the Puerto Rico Metropolitan Detention Center, KSAT reported. If convicted, she faces five years for each of the 13 counts brought against her.
“Threatening with violence, under any context, is unacceptable behavior. Making threats of violence to schools and other public institutions is a federal crime,” said Joseph González, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI San Juan Field Office. “School shootings are one of the most heinous of violent acts, and those impacted by this tragedy, such as the family, friends and co-workers of the victims of the Uvalde school shooting, deserve to grieve and process their experiences in peace.
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