Officials: Mail bomb suspect had 100 targets

MIAMI — Cesar Sayoc Jr., who was accused of sending more than a dozen pipe bombs to prominent critics of President Donald Trump, had a list of roughly 100 possible targets that was discovered after his arrest, law enforcement officials said Monday. Those on the list included at least one editor at the New York Times.

That disclosure came as authorities intercepted a suspicious package addressed to CNN’s headquarters in Atlanta, with the FBI saying it appeared similar to the devices sent last week.

Sayoc was arrested outside of Miami on Friday and charged with sending pipe bombs to CNN’s offices in New York, former President Barack Obama, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other targets.

Federal law enforcement authorities did not publicly reveal who was on the list of 100 or so possible targets kept by Sayoc, though did they begin Monday to inform those people and news organizations.

“He had a list of other targets,” a law enforcement official said, adding that even though Sayoc was in custody, the FBI was notifying everyone on the list as a precaution.

The FBI contacted the New York Times to say that one of its editors was on the list.

Sayoc, shackled and dressed in a tan jumpsuit, made his first court appearance in U.S. District Court in Miami on Monday afternoon, speaking only to answer procedural questions in a raspy or whispered voice. He was not asked to enter a plea.

Prosecutors argued that Sayoc posed a danger to the community and might flee if released, and asked that he be detained. A federal magistrate judge set a hearing for Friday morning to consider the matter.