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The Department of Justice said the suspect faced up to 48 years in jail.
"We will not tolerate such lawlessness, especially political violence," US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said at a news conference.
"Let this be a lesson to anyone, regardless of their political beliefs, that we will use the full force of the law against you."
What do we know about Cesar Sayoc?
Law enforcement agencies said Mr Sayoc lives in Aventura, Florida. He reportedly has ties to New York and is a registered Republican.
In 2002, he was arrested for making a bomb threat in Miami-Dade County, and received one year of probation for the charge.
Mr Sayoc has a criminal record dating back to 1991 in Broward County, according to clerk records. He was arrested, aged 29, on a theft charge. He has also faced charges of fraud and battery.
Court records show Mr Sayoc filed for bankruptcy in 2012 while he was living with his mother. A handwritten note in his bankruptcy report reads: "Lives w/mom. Has no furniture."
The suspect's van displayed a collection of pro-Trump posters
In 1980, he spent three semesters as a student at Brevard College in North Carolina,
a university spokeswoman told BBC News. He did not graduate,
the spokeswoman added.
US officials say that DNA evidence was used to track him down.
Following his arrest, US TV broadcast live images of a white van, said to belong
to Mr Sayoc, being loaded on to a trailer in Plantation and towed away for examination.
The van's windows were covered in images. One piece of artwork depicted President Trump standing on a tank and another showed Hillary Clinton with a bullseye superimposed on her face.
Twitter and Facebook accounts in the name of Cesar Altieri and Cesar Altieri Randazzo respectively, believed to be used by the suspect, have been taken down.
What did Mr Trump say about the bombs?
Speaking at an event at the White House, Mr Trump praised law enforcement for the quick arrest of the suspect, describing the search as looking for a "needle in a haystack".
"These terrorising acts are despicable and have no place in our country," he said.
The comments were in stark contrast to Mr Trump's tweet earlier in the day, when he suggested the incidents, which he described as "'Bomb' stuff", were slowing Republican "momentum" in early voting.
Mr Trump returned to the theme later as he departed the White House for a rally in North Carolina, denying his rhetoric was to blame for the bombings.
He said, however, that he had heard that the suspect was one of his supporters.
Former intelligence chief James Clapper, one of the recipients of Friday's packages, told CNN: "This is definitely domestic terrorism, no question in my mind."
He said that anyone who had been a critic of President Trump needed to be on the alert and take extra precautions.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45996655
