diff --git a/app/controllers/direct_messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/direct_messages_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bcac487cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/direct_messages_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+class DirectMessagesController < ApplicationController
+  skip_authorization_check
+
+  def new
+    @receiver = User.find(params[:user_id])
+    @direct_message = DirectMessage.new(receiver: @receiver)
+  end
+
+  def create
+    @sender = current_user
+    @receiver = User.find(params[:user_id])
+
+    @direct_message = DirectMessage.new(parsed_params)
+    if @direct_message.save
+      Mailer.direct_message(@direct_message).deliver_later
+      redirect_to [@receiver, @direct_message], notice: I18n.t("flash.actions.create.direct_message")
+    else
+      render :new
+    end
+  end
+
+  def show
+    @direct_message = DirectMessage.find(params[:id])
+  end
+
+  private
+
+    def direct_message_params
+      params.require(:direct_message).permit(:title, :body)
+    end
+
+    def parsed_params
+      direct_message_params.merge(sender: @sender, receiver: @receiver)
+    end
+end
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diff --git a/app/mailers/mailer.rb b/app/mailers/mailer.rb
index 447daabc4..2a81c4bfe 100644
--- a/app/mailers/mailer.rb
+++ b/app/mailers/mailer.rb
@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ class Mailer < ApplicationMailer
     end
   end
 
+  def direct_message(direct_message)
+    @direct_message = direct_message
+    @receiver = @direct_message.receiver
+
+    with_user(@receiver) do
+      mail(to: @receiver.email, subject: "Has recibido un nuevo mensaje privado")
+    end
+  end
+
   private
 
   def with_user(user, &block)
diff --git a/app/models/direct_message.rb b/app/models/direct_message.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..32cf6ac58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/direct_message.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+class DirectMessage < ActiveRecord::Base
+  belongs_to :sender,   class_name: 'User', foreign_key: 'sender_id'
+  belongs_to :receiver, class_name: 'User', foreign_key: 'receiver_id'
+end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index 4839d3ced..243781cb3 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
   has_many :spending_proposals, foreign_key: :author_id
   has_many :failed_census_calls
   has_many :notifications
+  has_many :direct_messages
   belongs_to :geozone
 
   validates :username, presence: true, if: :username_required?
diff --git a/app/views/direct_messages/new.html.erb b/app/views/direct_messages/new.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02e074af5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/direct_messages/new.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<div class="row">
+  <div class="small-12 medium-9 column">
+    <%= render 'shared/back_link' %>
+
+    <h1><%= t("proposal_notifications.new.title") %></h1>
+
+    <div class="callout primary">
+      <p>
+        Este mensaje se enviará al usuario <%= @receiver.name %>
+      </p>
+    </div>
+
+    <%= form_for [@receiver, @direct_message] do |f| %>
+      <%= render "shared/errors", resource: @direct_message %>
+
+      <%= f.label :title, t("proposal_notifications.new.title_label") %>
+      <%= f.text_field :title, label: false %>
+
+      <%= f.label :body, t("proposal_notifications.new.body_label") %>
+      <%= f.text_area :body, label: false, rows: "3" %>
+
+      <div class="small-12 medium-4">
+        <%= f.submit t("proposal_notifications.new.submit_button"), class: "button expanded" %>
+      </div>
+    <% end %>
+  </div>
+</div>
diff --git a/app/views/direct_messages/show.html.erb b/app/views/direct_messages/show.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81303c494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/direct_messages/show.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<div>
+  <p><%= @direct_message.title %></p>
+  <p><%= @direct_message.body %></p>
+  <p><%= @direct_message.receiver.name %></p>
+</div>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/mailer/direct_message.html.erb b/app/views/mailer/direct_message.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd1e45acc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/mailer/direct_message.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<td style="padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 10px;">
+  <h1 style="font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',arial,sans-serif;">
+    <%= @direct_message.title %>
+  </h1>
+
+  <p style="font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',arial,sans-serif;font-size: 14px;font-weight: normal;line-height: 24px;">
+    <%= @direct_message.body %>
+  </p>
+</td>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/users/show.html.erb b/app/views/users/show.html.erb
index 563b145dd..be62aef5d 100644
--- a/app/views/users/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/users/show.html.erb
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
         <% end %>
       </h2>
 
+      <p><%= link_to "Enviar un mensaje privado", new_user_direct_message_path(@user) %></p>
+
       <% if @user.public_activity || @authorized_current_user %>
         <ul class="menu simple margin-top">
           <% @valid_filters.each do |filter| %>
diff --git a/config/locales/responders.en.yml b/config/locales/responders.en.yml
index 1155ff34a..ab1641799 100755
--- a/config/locales/responders.en.yml
+++ b/config/locales/responders.en.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ en:
       create:
         notice: "%{resource_name} created successfully."
         debate: "Debate created successfully."
+        direct_message: "You message has been sent successfully."
         proposal: "Proposal created successfully."
         proposal_notification: "Your message has been sent correctly."
         spending_proposal: "Spending proposal created successfully. You can access it from %{activity}"
diff --git a/config/locales/responders.es.yml b/config/locales/responders.es.yml
index 948b6650f..387085d69 100644
--- a/config/locales/responders.es.yml
+++ b/config/locales/responders.es.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ es:
       create:
         notice: "%{resource_name} creado correctamente."
         debate: "Debate creado correctamente."
+        direct_message: "Tu mensaje ha sido enviado correctamente."
         proposal: "Propuesta creada correctamente."
         proposal_notification: "Tu message ha sido enviado correctamente."
         spending_proposal: "Propuesta de inversión creada correctamente. Puedes acceder a ella desde %{activity}"
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 6cba48e42..d805683d3 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
     get :search, on: :collection
   end
 
-  resources :users, only: [:show]
+  resources :users, only: [:show] do
+    resources :direct_messages, only: [:new, :create, :show]
+  end
 
   resource :account, controller: "account", only: [:show, :update, :delete] do
     get :erase, on: :collection
diff --git a/db/migrate/20160608174104_create_direct_messages.rb b/db/migrate/20160608174104_create_direct_messages.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0cdcd6659
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20160608174104_create_direct_messages.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class CreateDirectMessages < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    create_table :direct_messages do |t|
+      t.integer :sender_id
+      t.integer :receiver_id
+      t.string :title
+      t.text :body
+
+      t.timestamps null: false
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index a8e09434e..bbd6dda8f 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160606102427) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160608174104) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -168,6 +168,15 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20160606102427) do
 
   add_index "delayed_jobs", ["priority", "run_at"], name: "delayed_jobs_priority", using: :btree
 
+  create_table "direct_messages", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.integer  "sender_id"
+    t.integer  "receiver_id"
+    t.string   "title"
+    t.text     "body"
+    t.datetime "created_at",  null: false
+    t.datetime "updated_at",  null: false
+  end
+
   create_table "failed_census_calls", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.integer  "user_id"
     t.string   "document_number"