Fugitive on FBI Most Wanted List Arrested in Wales 21 Years After Alleged Bombings in San Francisco

A fugitive listed on the FBI’s Most Wanted list has been arrested in Wales after 21 years on the run.

On Tuesday, Nov.26, North Wales Police revealed that Daniel Andreas San Diego, 46, had been arrested on Monday, Nov. 25. He is wanted in connection to series of bombings in San Francisco in 2003.

“National Crime Agency officers have arrested one of the FBI Most Wanted fugitives in North Wales,” the police statement read. “Daniel Andreas San Diego was detained in an operation supported by Counter Terrorism Policing, officers from the North Wales and Cheshire Armed Alliance Policing Team and North Wales Police yesterday, and now faces extradition to the US to face charges.”

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The FBI stated that San Diego is wanted in connection with an August 28, 2003 incident where “two bombs exploded approximately one hour apart on the campus of a biotechnology corporation in Emeryville.”

“Then, on September 26, 2003, one bomb strapped with nails exploded at a nutritional products corporation in Pleasanton,” the FBI added. “San Diego was indicted in the United States District Court, Northern District of California, in July of 2004.”

The Los Angeles Times reported that the first two bombs were planted at biotech firm Chiron Inc. The outlet added that the first bomb went off in the early hours of the morning and the second went off an hour later. Due to the second bomb being located ahead of the explosion, however, the area was cleared ahead of time.

Per the outlet, an arrest warrant was issued on Oct. 5, 2003, but San Diego disappeared before entering custody.

A $250,000 reward for information was offered by the FBI in 2006. San Diego was then put on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List in 2009.

“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,” he added.