By Sandy Robson

December 15, 2021

Screengrab showing a September 12, 2021 Instagram post made by Fatima Muñoz from El Salvador featuring PacRim Bridges, LLC branding examples. This photo shows the PacRim Bridges, LLC logo and name (navy background, white graphics)

On November 12, 2021, numerous news media outlets reported that Washington state senator representing the 42nd Legislative District, Doug Ericksen (R-Ferndale), was sick and stranded in El Salvador after testing positive for COVID-19 shortly after traveling there. He reportedly had sent a November 11 email to Senate and House Republican legislators, seeking their potential help in obtaining advanced treatment (monoclonal antibodies — Regeneron) to send to him in El Salvador.