A Florida man behind a false church that allegedly sold a deadly pale coronavirus “miracle cure” has been arrested in Colombia.
Mark Grenon, 62, and his son, Joseph (32), are facing extradition to the US after being detained by Colombian authorities, the country’s top lawyer announced Tuesday night on Twitter.
Their arrests come a month after the couple was accused by federal authorities in Florida of proving the dangerous product under the name “Miracle Mineral Solution,” or MMS.
The family sold the poisonous concoction from Florida through an entity called Genesis II Church of Health and Healing, which prosecutors said was a false religious entity created in an attempt to prevent government action.
The Grenons apparently instructed their buyers to drink the solution orally, which the Food and Drug Administration has warned could prove fatal.
The family’s pale cocktail is thought to have resulted in the deaths of seven Americans, The Guardian reported.
The Grenons are accused of printing the product even before the coronavirus pandemic as a cure for other diseases that require expensive treatments, such as cancer, Alzheimer’s, autism, multiple sclerosis, and HIV / AIDS. Lawyers believe they have sold tens of thousands of bottles of MMS nationwide.
A Miami federal judge ordered Genesis II Church of Health and Healing in April to stop selling MMS, but the Grenon ignored the decision, prosecutors say.
“We will NOT participate in any of your UNCONSTITUTIONAL orders, calls, etc.”, read one email from Mark Grenon to U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams. ‘I wrote you that over and over again. . . you have NO authority over our Church. ”
Mark Grenon and his three sons – Jonathan Grenon, 34, Jordan Grenon, 26, and Joseph Grenon, 32 – are accused of conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to violate the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and criminal contempt .
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