US bombing suspect 'found in Wales' 21 years on

One of America's astir wanted men has been arrested successful Wales 21 years aft a treble bombing successful San Francisco.

Daniel Andreas San Diego, 46, was held aft an cognition backed by antagonistic violent constabulary and North Wales Police connected Monday.

He present faces extradition to the US aft being arrested astatine a spot successful a distant agrarian country adjacent woodland successful northbound Wales by Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA).

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) manager Christopher Wray said: "Daniel San Diego’s apprehension aft much than 20 years arsenic a fugitive for 2 bombings successful the San Francisco country shows that nary substance however agelong it takes, the FBI volition find you and clasp you accountable."

He said: "There’s a close mode and a incorrect mode to explicit your views successful our country, and turning to unit and demolition of spot is not the close way."

The NCA said helium was arrested astatine the petition of US authorities and appeared astatine Westminster Magistrates Court successful London connected Tuesday, wherever extradition proceedings began.

"He was remanded successful custody,” a spokesperson said.

The FBI antecedently called the fishy - who was calved successful Berkeley, California - an "animal rights extremist" - who was wanted for allegedly bombing 2 bureau buildings successful the San Francisco country successful 2003.

He became the archetypal alleged home violent to beryllium added to the US agency’s astir wanted terrorists list.

There was a reward of $250,000 (£199,000) for accusation starring to his arrest.

The archetypal bombing happened connected 28 August 2003, extracurricular the Chiron Life Science Center successful Emeryville, California.

A 2nd weaponry was recovered astatine the tract by authorities but exploded earlier it could beryllium defused.

The bureau said that raised the anticipation the instrumentality was planted specifically to people archetypal responders.

Less than a period later, successful September 2003, a nail weaponry exploded extracurricular a nutritional products corp based successful Pleasanton, California.

The fishy was indicted successful the United States District Court, Northern District of California, successful July 2004 implicit his alleged involvement, the FBI said.