Daniel Andreas San Diego, one of the FBI most wanted terror suspectswas arrested in Wales on Monday.
The FBI coordinated with British authorities to arrest San Diego, who was wanted in connection with two animal rights bombings in Northern California in 2003. He was placed on the Most Wanted Terrorists list in 2009.
“The arrest of Daniel San Diego after more than 20 years on the run 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,” FBI said director Christopher Wray in a statement. the arrest. “There is a right way and a wrong way to express your opinion in our country, and turning to violence and destruction of property is not the right way.”
Daniel Andreas San Diego. / Credit: Federal Bureau of Investigation
San Diego is said to have planted two bombs at the offices of Chiron Inc. in Emeryville, California August 2003. The first bomb exploded early in the morning. The second, which was supposed to explode an hour after the first explosion, and that may have been the intention killing or injuring first responders according to the FBI, it was found and cleared away before it could go off.
A month later, San Diego reportedly planted another bomb at a business in Pleasanton, California. That bomb was wrapped in nails, the FBI said, but no one was injured when it went off.
In October 2003, a federal arrest warrant was issued for San Diego, but he disappeared before he could be taken into custody. A federal grand jury indicted San Diego in 2004 on two counts of destroying or attempting to destroy property with explosives and two counts of using a destructive device in a violent crime.
San Diego was considered armed and dangerous during the twenty years he was not captured. He had ties to extremist animal rights groups, the FBI said.
The agency has not released any information about how he was captured.
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