One of the FBI's most wanted terror suspects has been arrested in the U.K. after more than two decades as a fugitive, U.S. authorities said Tuesday.
Daniel Andreas San Diego had been on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list since 2009 following his connection with two animal rights-related bombings in Northern California in 2003.
"Daniel San Diego's arrest after more than 20 years as a fugitive for two bombings in the San Francisco area shows that no matter how long it takes, the FBI will find you and hold you accountable," FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement announcing the arrest. "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."
San Diego is alleged to have planted two pipe bombs at the Emeryville, California, offices of Chiron, Inc., a biotechnology firm, in August of 2023. The first blast went off in the morning, and the second was intended to detonate an hour later, with the intention of killing or maiming first responders. The FBI cleared the second device before it could go off. One month later, San Diego allegedly sent another bomb strapped with nails to Shaklee Corp., a nutritional company, in Pleasanton, California.
A federal arrest warrant was issued for San Diego in October of 2003, but he disappeared before he could be apprehended. A federal grand jury indicted San Diego with two counts of destroying or attempting to destroy property with explosives and two counts of use of a destructive device in a crime of violence in 2004. The FBI was offering a $250,000 reward for his capture.