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OF US security forces intercepted a ricin letter sent to President Donald Trump earlier this week, world news agencies reported.
The information was reported by CNN and the New York Times, citing Home Office sources. The letter, addressed to the President of the United States, Donald Trump, was sent from Canada. A woman suspected of sending the letter has been identified.
The toxin was found in a facility outside the presidency, where mail sent to the White House is being checked. Two tests have confirmed that it is ricin.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) told the media it was investigating “a suspicious letter sent to a government mail center” in conjunction with the Secret Service and the United States Postal Service. There is currently no information on a threat to public safety. ”In addition, the Secret Service checks whether letters have been sent to other high-ranking officials.
According to the New York Times, poison letters were also sent to other federal agencies located in Texas.
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The ricin in the shipment can cause nausea, vomiting, internal bleeding, loss of function of some organs, and death if ingested. It is the strongest plant poison, almost 6,000 times stronger than cyanide. A dose the size of the head of a heater can cause death within 36 to 72 hours. There is no known antidote.
In 1978, dissident writer Georgi Markov was assassinated with a ricin bullet.
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This is not the first time the White House has been attacked with castor oil, Reuters notes. The natural toxin is quite stable, allowing it to be mailed.
In 2018, a veteran of the American “stamps” was arrested and admitted to sending letters to Trump and members of his administration (including the then Secretary of Defense and directors of the FBI and the CIA) containing the substance from which the oil is extracted Castor oil.
In 2014, a Mississippi man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for sending castor powder to President Barack Obama and other dignitaries. That same year, an actor from Texas was sentenced to 18 years in prison for sending beaver letters to Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
