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Cesar Sayoc, the Florida man accused of sending pipe bombs to critics of US President Donald Trump, appeared in a New York court Tuesday and was ordered held without bail.
Sayoc, 56, appeared before a Manhattan federal court for just a few minutes. He did not fight detention and was remanded, an official at the US Attorney’s office said. He will need to be indicted before November 12.
He was arrested on October 26 and charged with mailing explosive devices to former President Barack Obama, former Vice-President Joe Biden, 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, actor Robert De Niro and others.
Several of the devices were intercepted in New York.
Sayoc, a registered Republican with a criminal history and a reported past as a stripper, initially appeared in court in Miami before being sent to New York, where charges were first filed in the mail bombing spree.
‘Hit list’ with more than 100 names found in bomb suspect’s van
The attempted bombings heightened political tensions and put the United States on edge ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections, seen as a referendum on the Trump presidency.

The suspect was living in a van plastered with pro-Trump and anti-Democrat stickers when he was arrested at an auto store in Plantation, Florida.
The explosive devices were sent through the mail and Sayoc was tracked down based on fingerprint and possible DNA evidence, according to the FBI.


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US mail pipe bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc appears in New York court

Cesar Sayoc. Photo: AFP via Broward County Sheriff’s Office

NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 06: A police officer watches over the entrance to the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse ahead of the appearance by alleged mail bomber Cesar Sayoc in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on November 6, 2018 in New York City. Sayoc stands accused of sending pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and critics of President Donald Trump. Rick Loomis/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Robert De Niro and Joe Biden are latest Trump critics targeted by pipe bombs

Targets in a wave of attempted pipe bomb attacks in the US have included (top, from left) actor Robert De Niro, US Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz, former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Democratic Party donor George Soros and former US president Barack Obama; and (bottom, from left) former US Attorney General Eric Holder, US Congresswoman Maxine Waters, former US vice-president Joe Biden and former CIA director John Brennan. Photo: Reuters

C1H64N United States, New York City, Manhattan, Tribeca, Franklin St, TriBeCa grill : restaurant owned by De Niro

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 20, 2018, former US Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a rally at the Culinary Workers Union Hall Local 226 as he campaigns for Nevada Democratic candidates in Las Vegas, Nevada. - Former US vice president Joe Biden and Hollywood megastar Robert De Niro were the latest targets Thursday of a spree of suspicious packages and pipe bombs sent to opponents of Donald Trump as the US president lashed out at the media for stirring up "anger." (Photo by Ethan Miller / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / AFP)

(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 16, 2016 US actor Robert de Niro poses during a photocall for the film "Hands of Stone" at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. - Police are investigating a suspicious package addressed to actor Robert De Niro in New York, news reports said on October 25, 2018. CNN quoted two law enforcement sources as saying the package was addressed to De Niro at an address in the Tribeca area of Manhattan. (Photo by ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT / AFP)

Terror by mail: America on edge as FBI hunts serial pipe bomb suspect who targeted Democrats

Bomb threats have heightened tensions before the November 6 midterm elections
                All of the targets are frequently maligned by right-wing critics

epa07116957 Local police outside the home of Former US First Lady and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Chappaqua, New York, USA, 24 October 2018. According to news reports, a suspicious package allegedly containing an explosive device was sent to Hillary and Bill Clinton's home but was intercepted by the US Secret Service. EPA-EFE/PETER FOLEY

(COMBO) This combination of file photos created on October 24, 2018 shows from top: former US President Barack Obama (L), former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (C), George Soros (R), the liberal billionaire Chairman of Soros Fund Management. Bottom Row: Democratic lawmaker Debbie Wasserman Schultz (L), former CIA director John Brennan (C), and California Democratic Representative Maxine Waters (R). - The US Secret Service said on October 24, 2018 it had intercepted suspect packages, identified as potential explosive devices, sent to the homes of former president Barack Obama and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton after the FBI the day before was investigating an explosive device found in the mailbox at the New York home of US billionaire and liberal donor George Soros. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, CIA director John Brennan, Maxine Waters were also apparent recipients of suspect packages. (Photo by AFP)

A package received at the Time Warner Centre which houses the CNN New York bureau. Photo: CNN

‘Acts of terror’: pipe bombs sent to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, other top Democrats and CNN

The devices sent to Clinton and Obama resembled a bomb sent to George Soros this week
               CNN released an image of what police called a live explosive that was sent to the broadcaster

The twin 750-foot glass-walled skyscrapers of the new Time Warner Center rises 80 stories above New York's Columbus Circle, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2004. The center, which opens Feb. 5, 2004, will house Time Warner corporate headquarters, CNN studios, two theaters for Jazz at Lincoln Center, hundreds of shops and restaurants and 225 private condominium apartments as well as the 54-story hotel. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Police officers stand in front of property owned by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton in Chappaqua, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018. A U.S. official says a "functional explosive device" was found at the Clinton's suburban New York home. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 31, 2017 Former US president Barack Obama and his wife Michelle wave as they exit the stage during the Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago. - The US Secret Service said on October 24, 2018, it had intercepted suspect packages, identified as potential explosive devices, sent to the homes of former president Barack Obama and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. The Secret Service said it recovered a single package addressed to Clinton in Westchester, a suburb north of Manhattan on October 23, and a second package addressed to the Obama residence in Washington on October 24. (Photo by Jim Young / AFP)

Officers with the Uniform Division of the United States Secret Service talk at a checkpoint near the home of President Barack Obama, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2018, in Washington. The U.S. Secret Service says agents have intercepted packages containing "possible explosive devices" addressed to former President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2016, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, and her husband former President Bill Clinton, greet supporters after voting in Chappaqua, N.Y. The Clintons announced Monday, Oct. 8, 2018, they will visit four cities in 2018 and nine in 2019 across North America in a series of conversations dubbed “An Evening with President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton." (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Police are seen outside CNN’s New York offices at the Time Warner Centre on Wednesday. A suspicious package was found at US news channel – one of several sent to perceived opponents of US President Donald Trump that day. Photo: Xinhua

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Sayoc was charged with mailing explosive devices to former president Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and actor Robert De Niro
The 56-year-old suspect appeared before a Manhattan federal court for just a few minutes


The 56-year-old suspect appeared before a Manhattan federal court for just a few minutes and did not fight detention.


US mail pipe bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc appears in New York court

Sayoc was charged with mailing explosive devices to former president Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and actor Robert De Niro The 56-year-old suspect appeared before a Manhattan federal court for just a few minutes

Sayoc was charged with mailing explosive devices to former president Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and actor Robert De Niro

The 56-year-old suspect appeared before a Manhattan federal court for just a few minutes