Travel influencer, 40, found dead after being arrested as part of child porn probe in Argentina

A FAMOUS Argentinian YouTube and Instagram star has been found dead hours after being accused of possessing child pornography.

A relative of Leonel Esteban Borroni found his body at his home on the outskirts of Buenos Aires after he failed to respond to calls.

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Leonel Esteban Borroni was found dead at his home[/caption]

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Police sources say they suspect Borroni, a travel influencer better known by his social media username “Un Leon Viajero” which means “A Lion Traveller” in English, took his own life but are awaiting autopsy results.

The 40-year-old is understood to have sent goodbye messages to his loved ones after his home was raided on Thursday as part of an ongoing investigation and paedophile material was allegedly discovered on his electronic devices.

He was found dead on Friday.

Another five men and a woman aged between 20 and 50 were also implicated in the criminal probe.

One has been described locally as a PE teacher and another a tech firm employee.

Borroni was found dead hours after appearing before a judge and being told he was under investigation as part of an ongoing human trafficking and sex abuse probe. He was then bailed.

He is believed to have refused to answer questions about the child porn allegedly found.

Several search warrants were approved and executed near Buenos Aires after authorities in Argentina received a tip-off from a US-based agency specialising in combating child exploitation which honed in on suspects allegedly producing home-made child pornography.

Borroni was not facing accusations he was behind the production of the sickening images, said to include victims under 13 being sexually abused by older men and women, but is thought to have been under investigation on suspicion of possession and illegal distribution of child pornography.

He had not been formally indicted over any crimes before he was found dead.

Borroni had 164,000 followers on Instagram where he posted photos of motorbike trips to places like Ecuador, Venezuela and French Guiana, which he described as the 20th South American country he had visited although it is actually an overseas department of France.

He had more than 140,000 subscribers on two YouTube channels he used and another 137,000 followers on TikTok.

In one recent video he posted he was left confused after entering South America’s smallest country Suriname and realised they drove on the left.

He admitted: “It’s very difficult co-coordinating this” before adding: “I like what I’ve seen of Suriname so far, much more than what I saw in French Guiana. There’s more life to it.”

One follower wrote on his YouTube page, without waiting to find out the outcome of the investigation Borroni had been implicated in, said: “The madman appeared dead. It looks like he committed suicide.

You never know what people are hiding.

“God bless those who fight against the world’s paedos and the child victims of these people.”