Guatemalan Twitter User Arrested for "Inciting Financial Panic"

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Guatemalan twitter user "Jeanfer" was arrested and accused being causing "Financial Panic", because of his opinion posted in the social network Twitter.com Jean Anleu suggested in a tweet that people who had funds deposited in Banrural should remove those funds, and doing so "break the bank of the corrupts".

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Guatemalan twitter user "Jeanfer" was arrested and accused of causing "Financial Panic", because of his opinion posted in the social network Twitter.com that people who had funds deposited in Banrural

Guatemalan twitter user "Jeanfer" was arrested and accused being causing "Financial Panic", because of his opinion posted in the social network Twitter.com

Jean Anleu suggested in a tweet that people who had funds deposited in Banrural should remove those funds, and doing so "break the bank of the corrupts".

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Jacob Solis

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some of their addresses can

Submitted by eurostat on Sat, 27/02/2010 - 23:06.

some of their addresses can be found on http://www.americanidoltweet.com

This is not the first case

Submitted by eurostat on Sat, 27/02/2010 - 23:06.

This is not the first case actually. Most idol stars posting tweets, also sued some users which pre-registered their names

I will ask the Ambassador of

Submitted by Europa Newswire on Sat, 23/05/2009 - 04:54.

I will ask the Ambassador of Guatemala to the UN on Monday about this and I'll send this material to www.innercitypress.com they are a Blog (the ONLLLY Blog at the UN) THEY WILL LOVE to make this national news...

Europa Newswire

Hoy me enteré que las

Submitted by Jacob Solis on Fri, 22/05/2009 - 05:01.

Hoy me enteré que las autoridades quieren condenarlo a 10 años de cárcel inconmutables.

Fue liberado de la carce

Submitted by Jacob Solis on Tue, 19/05/2009 - 16:11.

Fue liberado de la carce despues de pagar una multa de US$ 6,500 , ahora esta bajo arresto domiciliario y con una deuda de US$ 6,500 en el lugar en donde obtuvo el prestamo su familia para pagar.
Las comunidades de twitter estan recolectando dinero para ayudarle a pagar la deuda.

Como sigue esta historia?

Submitted by Veronica Persson on Tue, 19/05/2009 - 15:34.

Como sigue esta historia? espero que ya lo hayan liberado... nadie tiene derecho ser arrestado por esto

Check out the coverage,

Submitted by Turi Munthe on Sat, 16/05/2009 - 10:12.

Check out the coverage, amazing:
http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/editors/2009/05/15/demotix-images-of-the-guatemalan-tweeter-arrested-for-causing-financial-panic/ and
http://uk.techcrunch.com/
for starters!
BRAVO