Nearly 21 years after the double bombings in San Francisco, one of America's most wanted terrorist suspects has been tracked down and arrested in rural Wales.
BBC report Daniel Andreas Sandiego, 46, remains in custody following an operation assisted by counter-terrorism police and North Wales Police on Monday.
The fugitive was arrested by the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) at a remote property near woodland in north Wales and is now facing extradition to the US.
The Berkeley, California-born fugitive was arrested at the request of US authorities and appeared at London's Westminster Magistrates Court on Tuesday to begin extradition proceedings, the NCA said.
“He was taken into custody,” the spokesperson said, noting that he was arrested approximately 5,000 miles from San Francisco, where the crime allegedly took place.
The FBI previously called the suspect an “animal rights extremist,” making him the first domestic terrorism suspect to be added to the U.S. government agency's list of most wanted terrorists.
FILE/FBI Counterterrorism Division Deputy Director Michael J. Heinbach marks extreme animal rights activist Daniel Andreas Sandiego as the FBI's newest addition to the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on April 21, 2009. announced as a person. (Mandel Gan/AFP via Getty)
A $250,000 (£199,000) reward has been placed for information leading to the arrest of the 46-year-old.
CNN memo San Diego is accused in the United States of planting two bombs that detonated about an hour apart on the grounds of a biotechnology company in Emeryville, California, in the early morning hours of August 28, 2003.
The fugitive is also suspected of detonating another bomb with a nail strapped to it at a nutritional products company in Pleasanton, California, a month later.
FBI Director Christopher Wray said in a statement: “The arrest of Daniel San Diego after more than 20 years as a fugitive from two San Francisco-area bombings means that no matter how long it takes, the FBI will “This shows that we will find out and hold them accountable.”
“There is a right way and a wrong way to express your opinion in our country, and resorting to violence and destruction of property is not the right way.
