21 Facts About Cesar Sayoc

Cesar Sayoc was identified through video surveillance near a South Florida post office, and located by tracking his cell phone.

Cesar Sayoc's father is a Filipino immigrant and his mother was born in the Bronx, of Italian descent.

Cesar Sayoc's father abandoned him and his mother when Sayoc was a child.

Cesar Sayoc graduated from North Miami Beach High School in 1980.

Cesar Sayoc attended Brevard College for three semesters starting that year and transferred to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 1983 where he played on the school's soccer team but did not declare a major.

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Cesar Sayoc's last known address was that of his mother's house in Aventura, Florida, but Sayoc was living in his van at the time of his arrest.

Cesar Sayoc has made numerous false claims about himself and his background.

Cesar Sayoc claimed to have been a popular stripper, an owner of a strip club, and partner in Chippendales; the company says he never worked there and "has never been affiliated in any way with Chippendales".

At the time of his 2012 bankruptcy, Cesar Sayoc said he was employed as a store manager of Hassanco Investments in Hollywood, Florida.

Cesar Sayoc filmed himself wearing a MAGA hat at one of the president's rallies.

Cesar Sayoc was active on Twitter and Facebook, where since 2016 he was known for his extreme views and frequently posted pro-Trump and anti-liberal messages and memes, as well as right-wing conspiracy theories and stories from InfoWars, WorldNetDaily, and Breitbart News.

Cesar Sayoc's accounts were permanently suspended after his arrest, and Twitter representatives have since apologized to Ritchie.

Cesar Sayoc's van was seized by law enforcement when he was apprehended.

Cesar Sayoc has been described as proudly claiming Native American heritage, but the Seminole Tribe of Florida said there was no record of his being a member or employee of the tribe.

Reports indicate that "soldering equipment, stamps, envelopes, paper, a printer and powder" were found in Cesar Sayoc's van, suggesting that he could have built bombs in it.

Law enforcement officials told reporters that Cesar Sayoc had a "hit list" of more than 100 people in his van; they informed persons on the list but have not released the names publicly.

Cesar Sayoc reportedly told officials the bombs were harmless and that he did not want to hurt anyone.

Prosecutors from the SDNY said electronic devices owned by Cesar Sayoc had data showing that he began planning the attacks in July 2018.

In sentencing Cesar Sayoc, Rakoff said he had concluded that Cesar Sayoc was capable of concocting a pipe bomb that could explode and had consciously chosen not to.

In February 2022, Cesar Sayoc was transferred from Marion to FCI Butner Medium II.

Cesar Sayoc's comments were echoed by former White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who said that Trump had urged the public to come together and had sent a very clear, strong unmistakable message that acts or threats of political violence had no standing in the United States.