LONDON — A suspect wanted on terrorism charges in the U.S. for two bombings in the San Francisco area appeared in a London courtroom Tuesday after being captured following a two-decade-long denial of the law, officials said Tuesday.
Daniel Andreas San Diego, 46, one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives, was arrested in Wales on Monday, the National Crime Agency said.
San Diego is accused in the US of planting two bombs that exploded about an hour apart on the campus of a biotechnology company in Emeryville, California on August 28, 2003. He is also accused of setting off another bomb at a food products company in Pleasanton, California, a month later.
No one was injured in the bombings, but authorities said the biotechnology bomb was intended to harm first responders.
“The arrest of Daniel San Diego after more than 20 years 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,” FBI said director Christopher Wray in a statement. “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.”
San Diego was ordered held in custody after making his first court appearance at Westminster Magistrates’ Court to face extradition.