The founder of La Derecha Diario coordinated automated bot networks to promote far-right interests through Latin America.
The arrest of political consultant Fernando Cerimedo at Viru Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, highlights how far-right politics operates in Latin America.
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Known across the region as a strategist for far-right movements and one of the founders of La Derecha Diario, Cerimedo was detained by authorities in connection with the attempted femicide of his former partner, lawyer Nadia Beller.
The incident occurred following a coordinated armed attack, during which Beller sustained multiple gunshot wounds.
Cerimedo’s trajectory reflects a broader operational shift where political marketing tactics interact directly with physical violence and domestic abuse allegations.
From manufactured electoral-fraud narratives in Brazil to campaign messaging in Argentina and political consulting in Bolivia, the infrastructure built by political operators like Cerimedo has served as a central pillar of reactionary political movements.
Who is Fernando Cerimedo? The Rise of an Alt-Right Strategist
Fernando Cerimedo is an Argentine political consultant and businessman, born in 1981, who built a career in digital marketing, social media strategy, and campaign management.
Before his prominent involvement in political campaigns across Latin America, Cerimedo worked within commercial advertising and corporate communications.
Cerimedo’s transition into political consulting coincided with the growth of social media platforms as primary channels for political debate and voter persuasion throughout the region.
In the early stages of his career, Cerimedo established several communications firms and digital agencies designed to execute targeted messaging campaigns.
Over time, Cerimedo established an operational strategy centered on computational marketing, short-form digital content, and aggressive online tactics. His methods relied on analyzing user data to deliver targeted political messaging designed to bypass traditional media filters.
By positioning his operations at the intersection of commercial marketing and political strategy, Cerimedo created Numen Publicity, an enterprise dedicated to running digital communication campaigns for conservative and far-right candidates across multiple countries.
A year later, in 2020, Cerimedo founded La Derecha Diario as the press and media arm of the Numen group. The outlet is a content platform that promotes the ideas of those far-right candidates.
GRAPHIC: Fernando Cerimedo, founder of @DerechaDiarioMX, the Argentine ultra-right bot farm media outlet that calls Sheinbaum a “narco-communist” daily, detained, accused of ordering the shooting of his pregnant ex-partner.
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— Mexico Solidarity Media (@MexSolidarity) August 19, 2026
Servicing the Far-Right Axis: From Milei and Bolsonaro to Trump and Rodrigo Paz
Over the past several years, Cerimedo built a network connecting political campaigns, media platforms, and digital strategists across Latin America and North America.
Cerimedo agency Numen Publicity participates in high political contests, specializing in audience segmentation and data-driven message deployment.
In Argentina, Cerimedo played a direct role in the 2023 presidential campaign of Javier Milei. Operating through his firm, Cerimedo coordinated digital strategy, organized online supporters, and deployed negative advertising targeted at political opponents.
In public statements, Cerimedo acknowledged managing thousands of automated accounts and sockpuppets during the campaign. He described these operations as standard tools for influencing public discourse and maintaining narrative control.
Beyond Argentina, Cerimedo expanded his activities into Brazil during the 2022 presidential election. Working alongside allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro, he broadcast live streams and published reports claiming that Brazil’s electronic voting machines contained systemic vulnerabilities.
Investigative reports from outlets detailed how Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court later suspended accounts associated with his media operations for spreading unverified claims regarding the voting system.
Cerimedo also established ties within conservative networks in North America and other parts of the region. His media outlet, La Derecha Diario, announced partnerships with digital companies connected to former Donald Trump campaign advisers, positioning Cerimedo as a key regional partner for international conservative networks.
Most recently, in Bolivia, he served as a political consultant to President Rodrigo Paz Pereira, further establishing his presence in the regional political consulting field.
La Derecha Diario, Bot Farms, and the Disinformation Ecosystem
Central to Fernando Cerimedo’s strategy was the establishment of La Derecha Diario in 2021, a digital portal designed to operate at the intersection of political news and far-right ideological advocacy.
Cerimedo held a 50 percent stake in the outlet, using it as a publishing engine for sensationalized headlines and politically charged stories. The platform allowed his team to generate content that could be amplified across social networks using automated infrastructure.
The operational mechanics of this model depended on computational manipulation. Investigations by media outlets and independent researchers highlighted the systematic use of automated accounts, commonly referred to as bot farms, to boost specific hashtags and stories into trending topics.
By artificially increasing engagement metrics, these automated networks created an impression of widespread public support or anger around specific political issues.
This system was deployed across multiple regional events. During constitutional debates in Chile, networks linked to Cerimedo’s operations pushed targeted hashtags and unverified reports regarding political figures. La Derecha Diario falsely claimed that Boric was hospitalized for a nervous breakdown. Elisa Loncón and Indigenous Delegates were also attacked in a coordinated manner using fake hashtags.
In Argentina and Brazil, his platforms frequently circulated misleading claims regarding economic data, electoral integrity, and political opponents.
For example, following Jair Bolsonaro’s defeat in Brazil’s 2022 presidential election, Cerimedo hosted a widely shared YouTube livestream titled “Brazil Was Stolen.” In the broadcast, Cerimedo cited an unverified document alleging that older electronic voting machines contained algorithmic flaws favoring Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
In Argentina, before and during Javier Milei’s presidential campaign, Cerimedo’s agency used automated accounts to amplify claims about government spending, public debt, and official inflation figures under the previous administration.
The figures were published alongside sensationalized headlines on La Derecha Diario, a strategy critics say sought to fuel alarm over the peso and frame dollarization as Argentina’s only viable economic solution.
When questioned by journalists about these practices, Cerimedo defended the operations, characterizing false publications as minor provocations while maintaining that his agencies delivered standard digital marketing services.
About Cerimedo and Bolsonaro https://t.co/5JBMjrjqTR
— ARGENTINA, EN LAS BUENAS Y EN LAS MALAS
(@InvestigadoraP) August 19, 2026
Targeted Harassment and Intimidation of Independent Press
The operational model deployed by Fernando Cerimedo relies heavily on digital aggression directed at independent journalists, researchers, and media outlets.
When investigative reporting exposed the mechanisms of his troll farms, political connections, or dark-money funding, Cerimedo utilized his digital assets to launch coordinated counter-campaigns.
This dynamic was documented in conflicts with reporters from regional progressive outlets, including journalists associated with NODAL (News from Latin America and the Caribbean). When reporters published investigations detailing Cerimedo’s ties to covert disinformation networks in Argentina and Brazil, his digital ecosystem responded with systematic online harassment.
Automated accounts and affiliated online influencers published personal information (doxxing), organized mass-reporting campaigns to suspend journalists’ social media accounts, and circulated defamatory content to discredit their work.
In January 2025, journalist Emilia Trabucco published an investigation into far-right digital networks, South American CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) gatherings, and the political consultants operating behind them. The reporting identified Fernando Cerimedo as a prominent figure in online troll networks, digital campaign operations, and outlets such as La Derecha Diario.
Cerimedo’s legal representatives subsequently sent Trabucco and Radio Gráfica a formal legal notice demanding a public retraction and the removal of the material, warning of potential criminal defamation proceedings.
Trabucco and the outlets maintained that their reporting was based on public records, Brazilian judicial filings, and prior independent investigations.
These intimidation tactics served an operational purpose: to impose professional and personal costs on journalists covering far-right digital infrastructure.
By directing his network of bots and followers against individual reporters, Cerimedo sought to discourage further scrutiny of his political consulting operations and financial dealings.
The Attempted Femicide, Arrest, and Current Repercussions
The real-world consequences of these operations escalated dramatically in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, culminating in the arrest of Fernando Cerimedo. Bolivian law enforcement detained Cerimedo at Viru Viru International Airport as he attempted to board a flight to Buenos Aires. Cerimedo’s arrest followed a violent attack against his former partner, Bolivian lawyer and political figure Nadia Beller.
According to official police reports cited by investigative platforms and reporting from media outlets, Beller was lured to a hotel under the premise of a professional meeting.
Upon Beller’s arrival, two men dressed as delivery workers on a motorcycle opened fire, striking her multiple times before stealing her handbag and mobile device.
Beller survived by pretending to be dead. Speaking to reporters from her hospital room, Beller directly accused Cerimedo of masterminding the shooting.
Nadia Beller stated that she held evidence concerning illicit financial transactions, money laundering, and political corruption involving Cerimedo’s consulting activities. Bolivian Prosecutor General Roger Mariaca confirmed the opening of a formal investigation into attempted femicide.
In public statements, representatives for Cerimedo and his current partner denied involvement, attributing the accusations to political disputes.
However, the case has forced political leaders across Argentina, Brazil, and Bolivia to publicly distance themselves from the strategist. The proceedings in Bolivia highlight the connection between political disinformation tactics and gender-based violence, showing how far-right digital campaign mechanisms operate alongside physical threats.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum accused the digital outlet La Derecha Diario, co-founded by Fernando Cerimedo, of operating a right-wing-funded network to spread fake news and manipulate public opinion in Latin America.
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