Daniel Andreas San Diego, one of the FBI agents most wanted terrorist suspectswas arrested in Wales, American authorities announced Tuesday.
The FBI said it coordinated with British authorities to arrest San Diego, wanted in connection with two animal rights-related bombings in Northern California in 2003. He was indicted. List of most wanted terrorists in 2009.
“The arrest of Daniel San Diego, after more than 20 years as a fugitive for two San Francisco area bombings, shows that no matter how long it takes, the FBI will find you and hold you accountable “FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement. the arrest. “There is a right and a wrong way to express your opinions in our country, and resorting to violence and destruction of property is not the right way.”
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The UK’s National Crime Agency said San Diego was arrested in Conwy, a town near the north Wales coast. He was arrested by agents from the agency’s Joint International Crime Center at a property in a rural area next to a forest, an agency spokesperson said in a statement to CBS News.
San Diego reportedly planted two bombs at the Chiron Inc. offices in Emeryville, California, in August 2003. The first bomb exploded early in the morning. The second, which was to explode an hour after the initial explosion and could have been intended to kill or injure first responders according to the FBI, was found and cleaned up before it could explode.
A month later, San Diego reportedly planted another bomb on a business in Pleasanton, California. That bomb was wrapped in nails, the FBI said, but no one was injured in the explosion.
A federal arrest warrant was issued for San Diego in October 2003, but it disappeared before he could be taken into custody. A federal grand jury indicted San Diego on two counts of destroying or attempting to destroy property with explosives and two counts of using a destructive device in a crime of violence in 2004.
San Diego was considered armed and dangerous during the two decades it was not captured. He had ties to extremist animal rights groups, the FBI said.
San Diego made his first court appearance Tuesday as extradition proceedings began to return him to the United States, the National Crime Agency said. He was ordered to remain in detention.