After 20 years on the run, Daniel Andreas San Diego, on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list—has been arrested in North Wales.
Wanted for 2003 bombings in San Francisco, the fugitive was caught in a remote woodland by UK and US authorities.
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Wanted for 2003 bombings in San Francisco, the fugitive was caught in a remote woodland by UK and US authorities.
#fyp #FBI #wales #conwy #explainer #truecrime
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00:00In a scene more suited to a thriller than the Welsh countryside,
00:03one of the FBI's most wanted terrorists, Daniel Andreas San Diego,
00:07has been captured after nearly 20 years on the run.
00:10San Diego, 46, evaded justice since 2003,
00:15when he was allegedly involved in two office bombings in San Francisco.
00:19Labeled armed and dangerous, the FBI placed a $250,000 bounty on his head.
00:25But on Monday, the chase ended far from California.
00:28At a secluded property in Conwy, North Wales,
00:31specialist officers from the UK's National Crime Agency,
00:34assisted by counterterrorism units, made the dramatic arrest.
00:38The FBI has accused Mr. San Diego of being an animal rights extremist,
00:42involved in a series of bombings in San Francisco.
00:45And so, a fugitive's odyssey ends in the tranquil Welsh woodland,
00:48a stark contrast to the high-stakes drama that brought him here.