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A federal judge in New York sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison to César Sayoc, the man who last October sent 16 home-made bomb packages to renowned Democrats like former President Barack Obama or the CNN news network .

Sayoc, 57, who pleaded guilty to 65 charges last March , faced a minimum sentence of ten years and a maximum sentence of perpetual, which the Prosecutor's Office requested, which understood that the confinement for life "incapacitates the accused and protects the public from future crimes. "

The defense requested the minimum penalty of ten years, arguing that Sayoc lived "a series of traumatic incidents that pushed him more and more out of society," to which was added the idolatry he came to feel for US President Donald Trump, which caused him to put his political rivals among his goals.

Judge Jed Rakoff estimated that this 20-year prison sentence was "neither more nor less" than the case against Sayoc deserved, while the defendant "was fully capable of preparing homemade bombs that could explode."

However, the magistrate understood that the fact that none of the bombs exploded was "in the court's view, a conscious decision" by the defendant.

Rakoff certified that Sayoc was "deeply obsessed" with President Trump, which demonstrated the seizure of a white van full of photos of the president.

In addition, Sayoc, addicted to steroids for more than forty years , confessed that Trump had become "his new drug" and defined the president as "the best of all time."

The judge gave him the floor before sentencing and Sayoc apologized to several of his relatives , while reminding the court of the bad streak that led to the abandonment of his father as a child and the sexual abuse he suffered in a Catholic boarding school .

He declares himself sick

"Now that I am sober, I know that I am very sick. I know that I should have listened to my mother , the love of my life," he told the court, before whom he repented and wished "more than anything to be able to back down in the time and undo what I did. "

In addition to Obama, Sayoc directed explosive packages to Democratic figures such as former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , former Vice President Joe Biden , former Attorney General Eric Holder , or the now presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Cory Booker .

The magnate George Soros or the actor Robert de Niro also received their letters. All these people were at some point criticized by Trump, whose tweets , according to the defense, were the spark that made Sayoc send explosive packages that did not detonate.

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