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PLEASANTON, Calif. -- A suspected carnal rights extremist wanted successful the U.S. for bombings successful the San Francisco country was arrested successful Britain aft much than 20 years connected the tally from the law, officials said Tuesday.
Daniel Andreas San Diego, 1 of the FBI's astir wanted fugitives, was arrested Monday successful a agrarian country successful bluish Wales, the National Crime Agency said. He was ordered held successful custody aft appearing Tuesday successful Westminster Magistrates' Court and faces extradition.
San Diego, 46, is charged successful the U.S. with planting 2 bombs that exploded astir an hr isolated successful the aboriginal greeting of Aug. 28, 2003, connected the field of a biotechnology institution successful Emeryville. He's besides accused of mounting disconnected different weaponry with nails strapped to it astatine a nutritional products institution successful Pleasanton, a period later.
The bombings didn't injure anyone, but authorities said the weaponry astatine the biotechnology institution was intended to harm archetypal responders.
A radical called Revolutionary Cells-Animal Liberation Brigade claimed work for the bombings, citing the companies' ties to Huntingdon Life Sciences. Huntingdon was a people of carnal rights extremists due to the fact that of its enactment with experimental drugs and chemicals connected animals portion nether declaration for pharmaceutical, cosmetic and different companies.
San Diego is charged successful the U.S. with planting 2 bombs that exploded astir an hr isolated connected Aug. 28, 2003.
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"Daniel San Diego's apprehension aft much than 20 years arsenic a fugitive for 2 bombings successful the San Francisco country shows that nary substance however agelong it takes, the FBI volition find you and clasp you accountable," FBI Director Christopher Wray said successful a statement. "There's a close mode and a incorrect mode to explicit your views successful our country, and turning to unit and demolition of spot is not the close way."
In 2009, San Diego became the archetypal idiosyncratic suspected of home coercion to beryllium added to the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist List. A reward of $250,000 was offered for accusation starring to his arrest.
Photos of him appeared connected billboards from California to New York, including Times Square, the FBI said. He was featured connected the TV programme "America's Most Wanted" respective times.
San Diego grew up successful an upper-middle people suburb of Marin County northbound of San Francisco. His begetter was the metropolis manager of adjacent Belvedere, a affluent enclave.
San Diego had worked arsenic a machine web specialist, was a skilled sailor and was known to transportation a handgun, the FBI said.
The FBI had San Diego nether surveillance connected Oct. 6, 2003 erstwhile helium parked his car adjacent downtown San Francisco, and vanished into a transit presumption - not to beryllium seen again.
There had been galore sightings reported astir the satellite and investigators announced searches astatine times arsenic acold isolated arsenic Massachusetts and Hawaii.
The NCA said it arrested San Diego astatine a spot adjacent woods successful the Conwy country of Wales, a coastal country immoderate 5,000 miles from San Francisco. No different details were provided.
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