FBI investigates antisemitic mail sent to an advocacy group
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The FBI confirmed Friday that it is investigating a report from a Santa Fe-based environmental advocacy group that it received mail containing antisemitic imagery and a suspicious powdery substance inside.
FBI spokesman Frank Fisher said in an email that the substance was tested and determined not to be harmful. Further details were not being released in order to protect the integrity the investigation, he said.
Conservation Voters New Mexico Executive Director Demis Foster said the group received an envelop Wednesday in the mail that included a brown, powdery substance inside along with a torn up political flier that the group distributed in support of a Democratic state House representative who is running for reelection.
The mail included a reference to the Nazi Party, a swastika and other antisemitic symbols, Foster said. She said that first responders including police evacuated the building, and that an employee who opened the mail was released unharmed from a hospital after undergoing observation.
Foster said she and her employees are working remotely as a precaution, while continuing their advocacy for environmental causes and endorsed political candidates.
New Mexico’s attorney general and secretary of state this month issued an advisory that highlights safeguards against election interference and any potential harassment, intimidation or coercion.
