The perpetrator of death threats against the son of Columbian president Alvaro Uribe on Facebook has been identified and arrested, thanks to help from Facebook and the FBI. Police say they placed the subject under arrest Wednesday on the outskirts of Bogota, although his name has not yet been released.

The man reportedly posted a very unambiguous death threat against the Columbian president’s son back in July of this year, with a Facebook message reading, “I promise to kill Jeronimo Alberto Uribe, son of Alvaro Uribe.” With help from the American FBI, Columbian intelligence were able to determine the IP address of the computer used to post the threat. Columbian police say he’ll be charged with incitement to commit crime.

It’s not the first arrest made possible by Facebook, whose IP-harnessing power can work both ways. It’s a stark reminder that you’re probably not as anonymous as you think on the Internet.

Do you think we’ll see more criminal cases mediated by Facebook and other social networks in the coming years?

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Facebook Death Threat Leads to Arrest in Columbia