The FBI arrested an open neo-Nazi Trump fan for allegedly threatening to "exterminate" every Hispanic person in Miami and trying to wire someone $25,000 to kidnap a Miami woman and stuff her in a Rubbermaid plastic tub.
Feds Arrest Neo-Nazi Trump Fan for Threatening to "Exterminate" Miami Hispanics
Jerry Iannelli
August 20, 2019
The 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Washington resident Eric Lin was not shy about his love for Adolf Hitler. According to a criminal complaint filed Friday, Lin sure loved referencing the Third Reich in writing — since he apparently sent a litany of Hitler-referencing death threats to a victim in Miami and got himself arrested last week after he threatened to wire a man $10,000 to beat up a Hispanic woman in Miami, hatched a plot to kidnap her and stuff her in a plastic bin, and repeatedly threatened to kill every single Hispanic person in Miami.
"The time will come when Miami will burn to the ground — and every Latin Man will be lined up against a Wall and Shot and every Latin Woman Raped or Cut to Pieces," Lin allegedly wrote on August 8.
Lin, age 35, is originally from Clarksburg, Maryland but was arrested Friday in Seattle and charged with making threatening communications online. Lin appeared in Seattle federal court for this first time this morning. He has not yet entered a plea.
According to an affidavit from a Miami FBI agent filed in federal court, Lin was not shy about putting his violent threats in writing. Between May and August of this year, Lin allegedly fired off a litany of hateful, pro-Trump, pro-Hitler, and demonstrably violent Facebook messages directed toward Hispanics living in Miami — messages that wound up in the hands of the FBI.
Per the FBI agent's affidavit, an alleged victim — an immigrant from Spain identified only as "C.I." — contacted the Miami Police Department to alert law enforcement that Lin had been sending her threatening messages from two different Facebook accounts since May 30. On July 24, Miami PD alerted the FBI. The feds then interviewed C.I., who provided 150 printed pages of the utterly insane litany of racist, violent messages Lin had allegedly sent. The informant said Lin had at one point frequented the Miami restaurant where C.I. worked.
Among many terrifying messages, C.I. said that on May 30, Lin sent a photo of himself with an image of Hitler superimposed over his own face.
"Composite of my face with the Führer and Reichskanzler Deutschland," he allegedly wrote. The informant, C.I., also told the FBI that Lin had whipped out the same photo in the restaurant where C.I. worked, too.
From there, the messages got far more hateful and violent. Lin repeatedly said he wanted to "kill" and "exterminate" Hispanics, who he referred to repeatedly as "Spics." In one case he called Hispanic people "rabid dogs." In another, he said he would let C.I. "live so you can slowly watch me destroy your entire race."
"In 3 short years your entire Race your entire culture will Perish only then after I kill your Spic family I will permit you to die by hanging on Metal Wire," [sic] Lin allegedly wrote on June 7. The next day, he told C.I. he planned to "enslave, rape, and use you like a baby-making machine. Once I'm finished with you I might just get rid of you like a piece of trash." The same day, he allegedly also said he'd kill C.I. with a rifle while carrying a neo-Nazi dagger used by the SS.
The messages only continued. He allegedly said he wanted to "exterminate" the "worthless Latin race." On July 9, he sent more Nazi-referencing threats: "By the authority of ADOLF HITLER AND GOD I HEREBY DECLARE SPANISH AND ALL SPANISH-SPEAKING PEOPLE ILLEGAL," Lin allegedly wrote. He then followed that up by stating, "that's ALL I NEED AUTHORITY FROM ADOLF HITLER TO ACT. I FOLLOW ONLY ADOLF HITLER AND THEN GOD. THEY ARE ONE AND THE SAME." He again threatened to kill every Hispanic person in Miami and at one point told C.I. he wanted to "drink your blood until you die."
The messages then got into pro-Trump territory: On July 19, Lin allegedly wrote:
I thank god every day Donald John Trump is President and that he will launch a Racial War and Crusade to keep the Niggers, Spics, and Muslims and any dangerous non-White or Ethnically or Culturally foreign group "In Line." By "in Line" it is meant that they will either be sent to "Concentration Camps" or dealt with Ruthlessly and Vigorously by the United States Military.
The FBI then obtained a search warrant to hunt through Lin's private accounts. The feds found even more terrifying details — Lin had apparently been hatching plans to pay someone to hurt or kidnap C.I. while he'd also been DMing her.
"Hey Chris, I was wondering if you could do me a favor?" Lin allegedly wrote on July 10. "I was wondering if you can go to Miami and beat up this Spic who insulted me. I can pay you $10,000."
"Sure, pay me first Paypal or Zelle," the alleged accomplice responded.
Days later, Lin seemingly changed his tune — instead of simply beating up C.I., he instead wanted "Chris" to kidnap her, stuff her in a Rubbermaid plastic bin, and transport her against her will all the way to Seattle. Lin wrote:
The Plan is you and Mara convince her that you are Rich White Americans people she looks up to. And then get her into a rented house or mansion and chain her up and put her in a Rubber maid Plastic Bin. Then you got to drive her to Seattle, Washington, upon which I will pay you $25,000 cash. You don't need to kill her her [sic] hurt her at most you will be charged with Kidnapping. Nothing will happen to you if you get the Right lawyers She's a Spic who Hates White Americans... I doubt the FBI would care much about her.
The same day, he added: "I don't care if I have to Pay you a Million Dollars or More I want this Done!"
Thankfully, Lin never got the chance.
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