Sent packages with explosives to Hillary Clinton and Obama; CNN, evacuated after receiving another artifact
The FBI has arrested a man associated with the shipment of suspicious packages in the united States, directed primarily to figures democrats and critics of the u.s. president, according to the Department of Justice.
“we Can confirm that we have a person in custody”, noted the spokesman of the Department of Justice Sarah Isgur Flores, announced that it will expand details on the issue at a press conference.
The suspect is called Cesar Sayoc, has 56 years old and was arrested in the town of Plantation, near Opa-Locka (Miami-Dade), from where they sent packages with explosives detected until now, according to various information published by means of the state of Florida.
The arrest of the alleged perpetrator, comes after twelve personalities of US have received suspicious packages in recent days, including president Barack Obama (2009-2017), and the exsecretaria of State and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, among others.
The last two suspicious packages, intercepted in Florida and in New York, had as target the democratic senator Cory Booker and former director of national Intelligence, James Clapper. Up to now none of these packages has exploded, but has done that raised the level of alert of the security forces of the US, who fear to find more of the same type in the next few days.
The FBI said via Twitter that a package similar in appearance to the other” found this week I was directed to senator Booker, an influential democratic senator and possible presidential candidate ahead of the elections of 2020, and reported that it was located in Florida.
For its part, the Police Department of New York withdrew another package potentially explosive in a Post office in Manhattan, referred to Clapper and also is similar to those designed in the last few days figures democrats.
The drip of packages pump look home began last Monday, when the billionaire and philanthropist George Soros, a known donor, a democrat, received one in your residence, in the state of New York. However, it was the Wednesday when they jumped alarms with the detection of two suspicious packages more sent to figures of the Democratic Party, as Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Also were recipients, among others, the exfiscal general Eric Holder, the democratic congressman Maxine Waters, and the former director of the CIA John Brenan.
all the recipients are members of the Democratic Party, or people contrary to the president Trump points to a possible political motivation, although it is still unknown authorship.
These events occur when there are still two weeks to the celebration of general elections in the country, the next November 6.
The own Trump said that the sending of parcel bombs has slowed the momentum of the republican candidates in the face of these legislative elections, which will elect a third of the House of Representatives and the entire Senate.
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