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    Suspect in poisoned letter sent to White House identified

    A woman from the Canadian province of Quebec suspected of sending a contaminated letter to the White House has been identified as Pascale Cécile Véronique Ferrier, the Montreal Gazette reported on Monday.

    The letter, containing the poison ricin, was intercepted at a US government facility that screens mail addressed to President Donald Trump, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. Five other letters addressed to law enforcement agents in Hidalgo, Tex., were also intercepted.

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