One of FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists captured in Wales after 20 years on the run

A ‘terrorist’ who spent more than two decades on the FBI’s Most Wanted list had been arrested in Wales.

Daniel Andreas San Diego has been wanted by the FBI in connection with two animal rights-related bombings which took place in San Francisco in 2003.

San Diego allegedly planted two bombs at the offices of biotechnology corporation Chiron Inc. in Emeryville, California, in August 2003.

The first bomb detonated early in the morning, while the second, which was set to detonate an hour after the initial blast, was found and defused before it went off.

A month later, another bomb filled with nails allegedly planted by San Diego went off at a nutritional products corporation in Pleasanton, California. Nobody was killed or injured in the blast.

He was later put on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list in 2009.

San Diego was arrested at a property in a rural area next to woodland, the UK’s National Crime Agency confirmed.

Following his capture, San Diego appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court as the process to extradite him to the US to face charges begins.

An NCA spokesman told Metro: ‘On Monday 25 November 2024, officers from the National Crime Agency, supported by colleagues from Counter Terrorism Policing and North Wales Police, arrested Daniel Andreas San Diego, aged 46, in the Conwy area of Wales, at the request of the US authorities.

‘He appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court today (26 November) as extradition proceedings began. He was remanded in custody.’   

The fugitive was considered armed and dangerous during the two decades he went uncaptured, and is believed to have ties to animal rights extremist groups, the FBI claims. 

FBI Director Christopher Wray said: ‘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.’

There has been a longstanding reward of $250,000 (£199,000) for information leading directly to his arrest.

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