US fugitive on the run for more than 2 decades arrested in Wales

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

A U-S FUGITIVE ON THE F-B-I’S ‘MOST WANTED TERRORIST’ LIST HAS BEEN CAUGHT IN THE U-K AFTER MORE THAN TWO DECADES ON THE RUN.

AUTHORITIES IN WALES ARRESTED DANIEL ANDREAS SAN DIEGO MONDAY IN AN OPERATION INVOLVING BRITAIN’S NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AND THE F-B-I.

SAN DIEGO, WHO IS CONSIDERED A DOMESTIC TERRORIST BY THE F-B-I, NOW AWAITS EXTRADITION TO THE U-S.

HE WAS FEDERALLY INDICTED IN 2004 ON TWO COUNTS OF DESTROYING OR ATTEMPTING TO DESTROY PROPERTY WITH EXPLOSIVES AND TWO COUNTS OF USING A DESTRUCTIVE DEVICE IN A CRIME OF VIOLENCE.

THE F-B-I SAYS HE OPENLY PROMOTED VIOLENCE IN THE NAME OF ANIMAL RIGHTS.

THE CHARGES ARE IN CONNECTION WITH A BOMB BLAST AT BIOTECH COMPANY CHIRON INCORPORATED NEAR OAKLAND IN 2003.

INVESTIGATORS FOUND A SECOND BOMB THAT THEY DEACTIVATED AND BELIEVED TO HAVE TARGETED FIRST RESPONDERS. 

LAW ENFORCEMENT ALSO ACCUSES SAN DIEGO OF PLANTING A THIRD BOMB AT ANOTHER CALIFORNIA BUSINESS A MONTH LATER.

NO ONE WAS INJURED IN ANY OF THE INCIDENTS.

THE GROUP REVOLUTIONARY CELLS CLAIMED RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ATTACKS ON A PRO-ANIMAL RIGHTS WEBSITE.

SAYING IT TARGETED THE COMPANIES BECAUSE OF ALLEGED CONNECTIONS TO HUNTINGDON LIFE SCIENCES., WHICH HAS BEEN CONDEMNED BY ANIMAL RIGHTS ACTIVISTS OVER ITS USE OF ANIMAL TESTING.

HUNTINGDON LIFE SCIENCE IS NOW PART OF THE FIRM INOTIV.

F-B-I DIRECTOR CHRISTOPHER WRAY PRAISED THE ARREST TUESDAY, VOWING, “NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES THE F-B-I WILL FIND YOU AND HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE.”

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