The retiree arrested by the letter bombs: a self-taught pro-Russian loner who was betrayed by the stamps


This is a lonely individual, childless, of pro-Russian ideology. He has not revealed that he has ties to international organizations The detainee tried to make it tough to trace the shipments, however he used a really specific seal on the six packages He is registering his deal with in Miranda de Ebro earlier than he’s transferred to Madrid

The detainee had no prison document. He is credited with the six letter shipments with flammable materials. All the packages had been the identical and had been despatched from Valladolid in two shipments final November. They had been deposited in mailboxes at road stage, to keep away from being recognized on the Post Office. Although the addresses had been handwritten, investigators imagine he could have used a ruler and different units to render his handwriting unrecognizable. But the stamps he used have given him away.

The six packages carried a stamp that the Post Office offered on April 26 devoted to Mount Santa Tecla. Its postal worth is 2.70 euros. The print run is 135,000 models. This circumstance did enable narrowing the circle.

The flammable materials and the detonation mechanism had been additionally investigated, however these had been easy-to-acquire pyrotechnic-type merchandise, with gunpowder as the essential part, and the design of the detonator required some data, however not too technical.

The suspect has been detained on the road. The brokers are looking his deal with in Miranda de Ebro earlier than he’s taken to Madrid, the place he must reply on January 27 earlier than the National Court for a doable crime of terrorism.

In addition to Pedro Sánchez, the opposite recipients of the letters had been the Ukrainian and United States embassies in Madrid, the Instalaza firm (producer of grenade launchers despatched to Ukraine) in Zaragoza, the European Union Satellite Center positioned on the Air Base of Torrejón (who has collaborated in Western assist for kyiv by offering info) and the Ministry of Defense.