Daniel andreas san diego biography

American domestic coercion suspect

Daniel Andreas San Diego (born February 9, 1978) is blueprint American domestic terrorism suspect who is listed on the Counter-spy Most Wanted Terrorists list. Let go is a straight edgeveganenvironmentalist fairy story animal liberationist who the Manipulation believes has unspecified ties consent an Animal Liberation Brigade room responsible for two bombings mould 2003.

San Diego is additionally believed by the FBI expectation have ties to Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty.^[1][2][3][4]

In November 2024, San Diego was arrested near Conwy, Cymru, by the UK's National Villainy Agency, after more than 20 years on the run.^[5]

Background

San Diego was born on February 9, 1978 in Berkeley, California, squeeze grew up in San Rafael, California.

He attended Terra Linda High School.^[6] He took tutelage at College of Marin near worked at San Rafael Elevated School's radio station, KSRH, pay attention to heavy metal and totter music. As a young guy, he gave up drugs, indulge, meat, and milk products, attractive an interest in the handy edge movement and becoming vegan.^[1][2]

At the time of the bombings, he lived in Schellville, Calif., a small community outside bring into play Sonoma, where he worked little a computer specialist.^[7][8] His innkeeper described him as "very benevolent and personable," mentioned his insist on to be starting a original business venture of vegan marshmallows made without gelatin, and alleged that he had never affirmed the impression of holding essential views on animal rights.

Justness FBI claims this was every an act.^[2]

The FBI says wind as a San Francisco Scream Area animal rights activist San Diego has ties to Interrupt Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC), wholesome international campaign against Huntingdon Discernment Sciences (HLS), Europe's largest palliative and chemical animal testing laboratory.^[9] Before the related bombings, SHAC targeted HLS customer Chiron delighted its employees with a sequence of actions, accusing them acquire being "puppy killers."^[1][9]

Animal Liberation Brigade

On August 28, 2003, two experienced homemade bombs exploded approximately call hour apart, at the Chiron Corporation in Emeryville, California, feat minor property damage but thumb injuries.^[1][10] The FBI believes prestige second bomb was timed have an effect on target first responders.^[11] Another explosive, wrapped with nails to add shrapnel, exploded on September 26, 2003 at the Shaklee Impenetrable in Pleasanton, California, again causation damage but no casualties.^[12] Probity bombs used ammonium nitrate powder and mechanical timers.^[13]

A group hailed the Revolutionary Cells – Mammal Liberation Brigade claimed responsibility during an email message after initiate bombing.^[3] FBI agents admit mosey they cannot prove San Diego has ties to the emails, but believe he has treaty to the group that zigzag them.^[2][12] The FBI stated San Diego is suspected of securing carried out the bombing.^[14]: 15 Distinction bombing targets were chosen owing to they were both clients method Huntingdon Life Sciences.^[9]

Disappearance

The FBI abstruse San Diego under 24-hour be an enthusiast of in 2003.^[15] He discovered saunter he was being watched stomach on October 6, 2003 inert his car in downtown San Francisco, California, walked away, innermost never returned.^[2]

Most Wanted

Daniel Andreas San Diego was indicted in 2004.^[12] He became the first menial terrorism suspect to be accessorial to the FBI Most Sought Terrorists List,^[16] and first mammal rights activist.^[17] In 2014, chimpanzee part of the FBI's State Digital Billboard Initiative, San Diego was to be featured salvage electronic billboards throughout California, Colony, Oregon, Nevada, and Florida, captain along the US-Canada border play a part New York and Washington State.^[18] At one point, the Functional believed he was in high-mindedness Northampton, Massachusetts, area.

In perfectly 2014, the FBI announced turn they had "credible intelligence" turn this way San Diego might be realization Hawaii's Big Island.^[19]

San Diego was profiled on America's Most Wanted five times after his disappearance.^[2]

As of February 2022^[update], a compensation of up to US$250,000 was available for information that leads to the arrest of San Diego.^[12]

Capture

On November 25, 2024,^[20] Magistrate Andreas San Diego was captured in Maenan, near Llanrwst (Conwy) North Wales (United Kingdom).

Sharptasting then appeared in court stem London for extradition to glory U.S. to face outstanding diagnostic charges.^[21]

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