Southern Arizona man arrested for allegedly threatening Trump as candidate visits border

A southern Arizona man was arrested for making death threats against Donald Trump on social media, authorities said Thursday, the same day the former Republican president and 2024 candidate was in the area to visit the U.S.-Mexico border.

The Cochise County Sheriff's Office identified the suspect as Ronald Lee Syrvud, 66, of the town of Benson, in the same county as the border area Trump visited that afternoon and that his running mate, Senator JD Vance, has visited in recent weeks.

The sheriff's office said Syrvud was arrested around 2:30 p.m. It did not describe the alleged threats or provide any further details about the arrest.

An online search revealed no social media accounts in Syrvud's name or any contact information for him.

The sheriff's office said Syrvud is also wanted on several outstanding warrants in Wisconsin for driving under the influence and failure to appear in court, as well as hit-and-run in Graham County, Arizona, and failure to register as a sex offender in Coconino County, Arizona.

Trump survived an assassination attempt on July 13. In his first outdoor rally since the attack on Wednesday, he spoke behind bulletproof glass at a national security event in North Carolina.