Argentine police have searched the Quinta de Olivos presidential residence after a caller claimed to have planted a bomb, an official source has confirmed. They later confirmed that the bomb threat was a false alarm.

After the call was received, a police bomb detection squad searched the residence and did not find any explosives, the source added.

It was not immediately clear whether President Javier Milei was at Olivos at the time. But it was later confirmed he was at the residence by C5N, the Herald’s sister publication.  

The caller had made the threat to the 911 emergency services line. Their identity and motivations are under investigation. However, the source said that the caller had “a woman’s voice.”

The Justice Department has since opened an investigation into the incident.

The Quinta de Olivos presidential residence is located between the avenues Maipu and Libertador, in the northern Buenos Aires suburb of Vicente López.

This story was updated at 17:54