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Key Updates
- Mail bombing suspect is 56-year-old Florida man Cesar Sayoc.
- He was taken into custody after police raided a home in the town of Plantation, Florida, and charged with five federal crimes.
- The charges include mailing explosives and threats against a former president.
- Sayoc is a registered Republican and his van had dozens of pictures of Trump and pro-Trump statements.
- He has an extensive criminal past, records show. He was arrested in 2002 for threatening to throw a bomb.
- DNA evidence played a role in the arrest. Four more suspicious packages were discovered Friday
- "He’s always been a little bit of a loose cannon," said a cousin of the suspect. "He’s always been a lost soul."
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