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Donald Trump.
According to ABC, a tweet from a user named @ElChap0Guzman said in Spanish: "Keep [expletive] around and I'm gonna make you swallow your [expletive] words."
The apparent threat came as Trump, a Republican presidential candidate, has been fuming about last weekend's infamous prison escape in Mexico.
Joaquin Guzman, the powerful drug cartel leader also known as "El Chapo," managed to break out of a Mexican prison using a sophisticated tunnel. Guzman heads the Sinaloa Cartel, which the US government describes as one of the world's "most prolific, violent, and powerful drug cartels."
In a series of tweets Sunday night and Monday morning, Trump directly challenged Guzman:
Can you envision Jeb Bush or Hillary Clinton negotiating with 'El Chapo', the Mexican drug lord who escaped from prison? ....
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015According to TMZ, Trump said he wouldn't back down, either.
"I'm fighting for much more than myself. I'm fighting for the future of our country which is being overrun by criminals." the real-estate magnate said about the threat. "You can't be intimidated. It's too important."
Business Insider reached out to the FBI's New York press office and we will update this post if we hear back.
...Trump, however, would kick his ass!
- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 13, 2015