Fugitive on FBI’s ‘Most Wished Terrorists’ listing, accused of 2003 California bombings, arrested in Wales

The FBI captured a fugitive who has been on its “Most Wished Terrorists” listing for greater than a decade, following his alleged involvement in two animal rights-related bombings in California within the early 2000s. 

Daniel Andreas San Diego’s arrest Monday in Wales reveals that “irrespective of how lengthy it takes, the FBI will discover you and maintain you accountable,” FBI Director Christopher Wray stated in an announcement. 

“There’s a proper means and a fallacious option to specific your views in our nation, and turning to violence and destruction of property is just not the precise means,” Wray added. 

The FBI stated they tracked down San Diego – who beforehand had a reward of as much as $250,000 for info resulting in his seize – with the assistance of authorities in the UK. The 46-year-old from Berkeley, California, was first positioned on the “Most Wished Terrorists” listing in 2009 and spent greater than 20 years on the run as a fugitive. 

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Daniel Andreas San Diego has been arrested after spending greater than 20 years on the run, the FBI says.

“Daniel Andreas San Diego is needed for his alleged involvement in two bombings within the San Francisco, California, space. On August 28, 2003, two bombs exploded roughly one hour aside on the campus of a biotechnology company in Emeryville,” the FBI stated on his wished poster. 

“Then, on September 26, 2003, one bomb strapped with nails exploded at a dietary merchandise company in Pleasanton. San Diego was indicted in america District Court docket, Northern District of California, in July of 2004,” the poster additionally stated. 

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Then-FBI Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Division Michael Heimbach publicizes Daniel Andreas San Diego as the most recent addition to the FBI’s “Most Wished Terrorist Checklist” in April 2009 at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Mandel Ngan/AFP through Getty Pictures)

Federal investigators described San Diego as having “ties to animal rights extremist teams.” 

“He’s recognized to comply with a vegan food plan, consuming no meat or meals containing animal merchandise. Prior to now, he has labored as a pc community specialist and with the working system LINUX. San Diego wears eyeglasses, is expert at crusing, and has traveled internationally. He’s recognized to own a handgun,” the FBI stated. 

On the middle of his chest, he additionally has a tattoo with a picture of burning hillsides together with the phrases “it solely takes a spark,” in accordance with the FBI. 

Daniel Andreas San Diego was tracked down in Wales on Monday with the assistance of the FBI’s counterparts in the UK. (Mandel Ngan/AFP through Getty Pictures)

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San Diego was wished for Maliciously Damaging and Destroying, Trying to Destroy and Injury, by Technique of Explosives, Buildings and Different Property and Possession of a Harmful Gadget Throughout, in Relation to, and in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence.