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US federal authorities announced that two women from Washington state were arrested after being seen with the camera playing on the train track in a way that risks derailing.
The authorities, who were investigating dozens of similar cases this year, believed that this act was intended to express solidarity with the citizens of Canada who oppose the construction of an oil pipeline, according to the US newspaper “New York Times.”
The two women, Eileen Brennan Reich, 23, and Samantha Francis Brooks, 27, were arrested last Saturday in Bellingham, Washington.
The US Attorney’s Office for the Western District in Washington said in a statement that they appeared in Federal District Court in Seattle on Monday and that there will be another hearing on December 14.
According to the information, the two defendants tried to place devices made up of cables and magnets that interfere with the signals that warned of the presence of a train on the track since January 19, and some pieces were hidden under the rocks.
Since last January, there have been 41 deviations on the railways in two provinces near the Canadian border, causing malfunctions and problems in the safety and braking systems, and in one case, a train carrying dangerous chemicals could have derailed.
US Attorney General Brian Moran said these actions put people at risk and on 10 occasions lane detour signs were posted near barriers in areas where roads intersect with streets, could put the vehicles of the oncoming train at risk.
This emergency braking caused part of the train to detach from the engine, which could have caused the vehicles carrying the fuel gas to drift into a residential area.
The two women were arrested last Saturday after seeing them on camera and noticing that tracking signals had been broken in the same area.
