A fugitive on the FBI’s “most wanted” list has been captured in Wales after two decades in hiding.
Daniel Andreas San Diego was on the FBI’s list for allegedly being involved in the bombings of two buildings in San Francisco in 2003.
The first bombing happened on August 28, 2003, where two homemade pipe bombs went off outside the Chiron Life Science Center in Emeryville, California.
The second bombing happened on September 26, 2003, where a bomb with nails went off at nutritional company Shaklee Corp in Pleasanton.
San Diego was on the FBI’s “most wanted terrorists” list
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Luckily, nobody was killed or injured in the bombings.
San Diego has been described by the FBI as an “animal rights extremist”, and reportedly carried out the bombings after believing the companies were conducting animal experiments.
He was arrested in Wales on Monday at a rural property in an operation backed by counter terrorist police and North Wales Police.
The arrest was made at the request of US authorities who had been trying to track him down for two decades.
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The fugitive appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London yesterday, where he now faces extradition to the US.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said: “Daniel San Diego’s arrest after more than 20 years as a fugitive for two bombings in the San Francisco area shows that no matter how long it takes, the FBI will find you and hold you accountable.”
He added: “There’s a right way and a wrong way to express your views in our country, and turning to violence and destruction of property is not the right way.”
San Diego was indicted in the United States district court, northern disctrict of California in 2004 on charges including damaging property.
The “most wanted” page for him said he should be considered “armed and dangerous”
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The Federal Bureau of Investigation was offering a reward of $250,000 for information on the fugitive.
The “most wanted” page for him said he should be considered “armed and dangerous” and described him as having distinctive tattoos including a burning hillside on his chest, burning buildings on the side of his abdomen and a leafless tree on his back.
San Diego was the first domestic terrorist to be added to the “most wanted terrorists” list.
