A man on the FBI’s list of “Most Wanted Terrorists” for more than a decade after three Bay Area bombings more than 20 years ago has been arrested in the United Kingdom, authorities announced Tuesday.
Daniel Andreas San Diego, 46 and originally from Berkeley, had been wanted for his alleged involvement in two Bay Area bombings in 2003. The FBI posted about his capture on the agency’s website Tuesday. Authorities said they arrested him in Wales on Monday.
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“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. “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.”
The FBI previously had offered a reward of up to $250,000 for San Diego’s capture. He was placed on the “Most Wanted Terrorists” list in 2009.
Two bombs exploded approximately one hour apart on the campus of a biotechnology corporation in Emeryville on Aug. 28, 2003. Almost exactly a month later, on Sept. 26, 2003, a bomb strapped with nails exploded at a nutritional products corporation in Pleasanton.
According to authorities, a federal grand jury indicted San Diego in the U.S. Northern District of California in July 2004.
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