Animal rights extremist wanted for American bombings after being arrested in Wales after more than twenty years on the run

An animal rights extremist is believed to be behind two bombings in Northern California more than twenty years ago was captured in Walesauthorities said Tuesday.

Daniel Andreas San Diego, 46, was arrested on Monday by North Wales Police and officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) and the UK Counter Terrorism Police. the NCA said.

FBI Director Christopher Wray celebrated San Diego’s capture, saying the suspect will finally be held “accountable” for his alleged acts of “violence and destruction.”

“The arrest of Daniel San Diego after more than two decades on the run 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,” Wray said in a statement.

San Diego has been linked to two homemade pipe bombs that went off on Aug. 28, 2003, at Chiron Corp., a biotech company in Emeryville, across the Bay from San Francisco.

He is also accused of sending a “nail-tied bomb” that went off on Sept. 26, 2003, at a food company, Shaklee Corp., in nearby Pleasanton.

The FBI believed that San Diego, a native of Berkeley, bombed the companies because they had worked with another laboratory that had conducted animal testing.

The FBI had described San Diego as a vegan who had worked as a computer network specialist.

“There is a right way and a wrong way to express your opinion in our country, and turning to violence and destruction of property is not the right way,” Wray added.

No one was injured in the 2003 explosions.

Chiron Corp. was acquired in 2005 Through Novartis AGand a representative for the Swiss pharmaceutical giant could not immediately be reached for comment on Tuesday.

“As a matter of policy, Shaklee Corporation opposes and does not conduct animal testing on any Shaklee product,” according to a statement on the Californian company’s website.

A spokesperson for Shaklee was also not immediately available for comment on Tuesday.

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