An animal rights extremist believed to behind a collection of California bombings was arrested in the UK after greater than 20 years on the run, the FBI introduced Tuesday.
Daniel Andreas San Diego, 46, was arrested by North Wales Police, the Nationwide Crime Company and the Counter Terrorism Police on Monday, the NCA mentioned. He was captured in a rural, wooded space close to the city of Conwy, the company mentioned.
San Diego is accused of detonating do-it-yourself explosives at corporations he believed have been conducting experiments on animal in 2003.
On Aug. 28 of that yr, two do-it-yourself pipe bombs went off at biomedical firm Chiron Corp. in Emeryville, simply outdoors Oakland, Calif.
A month later, a “bomb strapped with nails” went off at dietary firm Shaklee Corp. in Pleasanton, additionally within the Bay Space.
San Diego disappeared shortly thereafter when a federal warrant was issued for his arrest.
In 2004, a federal grand harm indicted him on counts of destroying or making an attempt to destroy property with explosives, and two counts of use of a damaging gadget in a criminal offense of violence.
Whereas nobody was injured within the blasts, San Diego was added to the FBI’s Most Wished Terrorists checklist in 2009.
“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,” FBI Director Christopher Wray mentioned in an announcement.
“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,” Wray mentioned.
San Diego is anticipated to be extradited to the U.S. within the close to future.
