A fugitive on the FBI’s most wanted terrorist list has been arrested in North Wales after eluding police for over two decades.
Daniel Andreas San Diego, an animal rights activist, made his way on the list for two bombings in the San Francisco area in August 2003, according to the Daily Mail.
One of the incidents occurred on August 28, 2003, on the Emeryville campus of Chiron Corp., a biotechnology corporation, with two bombs going off an hour apart, according to the FBI.
A month later, on September 26, 2003, another bomb exploded in Pleasanton. It detonated at a nutritional products corporation. The FBI reported that there were no injuries.
In October, the FBI issued a warrant for San Diego’s arrest. He disappeared before authorities could apprehend him. He was labeled as armed and dangerous by the agency.
In July 2004, San Diego was indicted by a grand jury, receiving two counts of destroying or attempting to destroy property with explosives and two counts of destructive device in a crime of violence.
He was the first person suspected of domestic terrorism to be placed on the list in 2009, according to the Martin Independent Journal.
The 46-year-old was arrested by the UK’s National Crime Agency on Monday in North Wales, near Conwy. He appeared in Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday as extradition proceedings to bring him back to the U.S. began.
It is alleged that San Diego also has ties to “animal rights extremist groups.” There was also a $250,000 reward for any details that would lead to his capture.
“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,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement about the arrest. “Daniel San Diego’s arrest after more than 20 years… shows that no matter how long it takes, the FBI will find you and hold you accountable.”
