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Original Caption: Suspect Who Sent Poisoned Letter To Trump Arrested How Harmful Is Castor Oil?
(Data Map) October 2, 2018, Washington, United States, US Department of Defense personnel in protective clothing handling toxic letters at the Pentagon. Image source: Visual ChinaReporter | Sean
Last week, a letter containing ricin was intercepted at the White House. The recipient is the President of the United States, Trump. Last weekend, a suspect who sent a drug letter to Trump was arrested while trying to enter the United States from Canada.
According to information obtained by the Associated Press from law enforcement officials, the suspect was captured by Customs and Border Protection at the New York State Peace Bridge connecting the United States and Canada. He is currently in custody and will be arrested by the federal prosecutor in Washington DC at 9:00 p.m. local time. The office sued. The suspect is a woman and no other specific information has been released.
A spokesman for the FBI Washington Office confirmed the arrest on the 20th. The FBI issued a statement stating that the investigation is still ongoing and that there is currently no threat to public safety.
According to CNN, the woman was arrested with a weapon on her body.
The New York Times quoted two officials familiar with the matter as saying the woman was deported from the United States more than a year ago for engaging in criminal activity. In March 2019, the suspect was arrested in Mission City, Texas (Mission) and held in the Hidalgo County Jail in Texas for possessing weapons without a license, resisting arrest, and having a false driver’s license. During the detention period, the suspect was found to have an expired 6-month visa and was deported to Canada because he violated passport provisions for criminal activity in the United States.
The FBI is investigating the source of the mail and whether other similar mail has entered the US postal system. According to another law enforcement official, the woman also sent toxic letters to the Texas governor’s office and a detention center.
The Washington Joint Counter-Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) is also investigating the incident. There is currently no evidence that the incident is related to an international terrorist organization.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police has previously confirmed that the letter is likely to be sent from Canada, but the timing of the issue is unclear. Law enforcement officials revealed that the letter was intercepted by a government agency that specializes in reviewing letters sent to the White House and the president, and preliminary tests showed they were positive for ricin.
All letters sent to the White House and other government agencies in the Washington area must undergo radiation testing at the post office and be screened for suspicious substances through an air sampling device.
A person familiar with the matter revealed to CNN that the letter was sent from St. Hubert, Quebec, Canada, and contained some granular substances with physical characteristics similar to castor beans.
Ricin is a poison extracted from castor beans and is also present in the waste of castor beans processed into castor oil. Ricin can be used in powder, granule, or mist form. It is also soluble in water or weak acid. It is a deadly toxin and has been used in terrorist activities.
castor bean. Image source: Visual ChinaRicin does not penetrate the skin on contact, but if inhaled or ingested into the respiratory tract, it can cause vomiting, diarrhea, respiratory illnesses, internal bleeding, etc., and eventually lead to organ failure. At present, no effective solution has been found for this toxin. medicine.
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, contacts can die within 36 to 72 hours, depending on the dose of poisoning. Just 500 micrograms of ricin is enough to kill an adult.
There is also a plot of using ricin to kill people in the American drama “Breaking Bad”. In July 2019, the US Congress officially passed an amendment to list ricin as an illegal substance. To get ricin, it must be legally registered and licensed.
This is not the first time that Trump has received a poisoned letter. In 2018, US Navy veteran William Clyde Allen sent a poisoned letter to the White House and the Pentagon, and was also intercepted in advance. But he used castor beans in the letter, not the extracted ricin. Allen was charged with seven counts by the federal government for using biological poisons as weapons.
In 2013, then-President Obama and New York Mayor Bloomberg received a poisoned letter containing ricin. The sender was Shannon Richardson, an actress who intended to frame her husband. Ultimately, she was sentenced to 18 years in prison. The following year, a Mississippi man sent a poisoned letter to Obama and a Republican senator, and he was eventually sentenced to 25 years in prison. Several incidents did not cause substantial damage.
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