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Ferrier, the Canadian woman accused of sending a letter containing ricin to Trump, appeared to post on Twitter in favor of killing the US president two weeks ago.
Pascale Ferrier, 53, was born in France but has been naturalized in Canada since 2015. Some sources said she still has dual French citizenship: Canada and lives in the province of Quebec, Canada.
Ferrier was arrested Sept. 20 at the U.S. and Canadian borders after telling Customs and Border Patrol agents that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was looking for her for the ricin-containing letters. The woman carried a knife and a loaded pistol at her waist when she was arrested.
A Twitter account on May 29 posted: “Can anyone shoot Trump in the face? I’ve been waiting for many years.” The account that seemed to belong to Ferrier on 9/9 replied: “I just read this post. I agree. Nobody has done anything, it’s time to change,” accompanied by the hashtag “killtrump” (kill Trump). Currently this post has been removed.
Suspicious Pascale Ferrier sent a letter containing the poisonous ricin to the White House. Image: Facebook / Pascale Ferrier.
That same day, the same person was also accused of replying to someone on Twitter: “I came up with a new name for Trump:” evil tyrant clown. “The account was called Pascale Ferrier and it was located in Laval, Quebec. Ferrier describes himself as a “techno-innovator.”
Ferrier lived in the United States last year but was deported back to Canada after authorities discovered that she had passed six months of her visa deadline and was using a fake driver’s license, the New York Times said, citing a senior intelligence official. Court records show that in March 2019, Ferrier was arrested in Texas for falsifying government records. The Times reported that she was also arrested for possessing weapons without a license and against law enforcement.
The falsification of government records was ruled out in May after Ferrier spent 20 days in prison. It was then that authorities discovered that she was exceeding her visa.
A Facebook account called Pascale Ferrier describes herself as a freelance worker, while some sources say that she is a computer programmer. A Facebook business page called La Techno-Creative Nomade run by Ferrier, posted in French upon her arrival in Texas in June 2019 and “disappointed” by items made in China and Mexico.
“I wanted to buy something typical of Texas, like hats, boots or cowboy clothes, but I was disappointed to see that most of the items were made abroad (China, Asia, Mexico …). And usually are Poor quality products at high prices. In the end, I don’t buy anything because when I go somewhere, I want to buy domestically. If I’m in the USA, I want to buy products made in the USA, “according to the post .
Facebook’s bio section says Ferrier’s residence is Saint-Hubert, Quebec, and officials say the ricin-containing letters were sent from the location.
In addition to a letter to the White House, Ferrier is also suspected of sending five other ricin-filled letters to Texas police. “We believe a total of six letters were sent: one to the White House and five to Texas,” said the spokesman for the Royal Canadian Cavalry Police (RCMP) in Quebec.
RCMP officers searched an apartment building in Saint-Hubert on September 21, but did not say how the residence involved Ferrier. Ferrier appeared in a New York court on September 22 on charges of threatening the president of the United States, but did not plead guilty. Because Ferrier was considered a high flight risk, Ferrier is currently in unsecured detention and the next trial is September 28.
Ricin, naturally present in castor beans, is 6,000 times more lethal than cyanide. Ricin can be fatal within 36 to 72 hours after exposure to a small amount such as a needle. During gastrointestinal toxicity, the victim will experience nausea, vomiting, and bleeding in the intestinal and stomach walls, then will die from liver, spleen, and kidney failure, as well as interrupted circulation.
There is currently no antidote for ricin, although the United States and Great Britain have conducted several tests on animals. Ricin has been used in several terrorist attacks. In 2014, a Mississippi man was sentenced to 25 years in prison for sending ricin-covered letters to former President Barack Obama and other officials.
Television actress Shannon Richardson was sentenced to 18 years in prison in 2014 for sending castor oil to Obama and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. In 2018, a former Navy veteran was accused of sending malicious letters to the Pentagon and the White House.
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