Cactus plot to kill Clinton

Brownsville - Three men possibly linked to a Texas separatist group plotted to kill President Clinton and other officials by …

Brownsville - Three men possibly linked to a Texas separatist group plotted to kill President Clinton and other officials by injecting them with a cactus thorn coated with deadly virus, a newspaper reported yesterday.

The men, who were jailed two weeks ago after sending e-mail threats to federal officials, were developing a cigarette lighter that would shoot the thorn into the victims, the Brownsville Herald said, citing an affidavit unsealed this week in federal court.

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