Fugitive on FBI’s ‘Maximum Sought after Terrorists’ listing, accused of 2003 California bombings, arrested in Wales

The FBI captured a fugitive who has been on its “Maximum Sought after 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 displays that “regardless of how lengthy it takes, the FBI will to find you and grasp you responsible,” FBI Director Christopher Wray mentioned in a observation. 

“There’s a proper method and a fallacious technique to categorical your perspectives in our nation, and turning to violence and destruction of belongings isn’t the suitable method,” Wray added. 

The FBI mentioned they tracked down San Diego – who in the past had a praise of as much as $250,000 for info resulting in his seize – with the assistance of government in the UK. The 46-year-old from Berkeley, California, was once first positioned at the “Maximum Sought after Terrorists” listing in 2009 and spent greater than two decades at the run as a fugitive. 

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

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

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Then-FBI Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Department Michael Heimbach broadcasts Daniel Andreas San Diego as the newest addition to the FBI’s “Maximum Sought after Terrorist Checklist” in April 2009 at FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Mandel Ngan/AFP by the use of Getty Photographs)

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

“He’s identified to apply a vegan nutrition, consuming no meat or meals containing animal merchandise. Previously, he has labored as a pc community specialist and with the running machine LINUX. San Diego wears eyeglasses, is professional at crusing, and has traveled across the world. He’s identified to own a handgun,” the FBI mentioned. 

At the heart of his chest, he additionally has a tattoo with a picture of burning hillsides at the side of the phrases “it most effective takes a spark,” in step with the FBI. 

Daniel Andreas San Diego was once tracked down in Wales on Monday with the assistance of the FBI’s opposite numbers in the UK. (Mandel Ngan/AFP by the use of Getty Photographs)

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San Diego was once sought after for Maliciously Harmful and Destroying, Making an attempt to Wreck and Injury, via Approach of Explosives, Structures and Different Belongings and Ownership of a Damaging Instrument All over, in Relation to, and in Furtherance of a Crime of Violence.