{"id":15975,"date":"2026-02-06T12:30:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T20:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/?p=15975"},"modified":"2026-02-08T12:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:34:37","slug":"fbi-most-wanted-terrorist-arrested-in-wales-can-be-extradited-judge-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/2026\/02\/06\/fbi-most-wanted-terrorist-arrested-in-wales-can-be-extradited-judge-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI ‘most wanted terrorist’ arrested in Wales can be extradited, judge rules"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>Daniel Andreas San Diego, 47, had been a fugitive for more than 20 years when he was found at a rural property living under a new identity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Henry Vaughan<\/a>
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One of the FBI’s “most wanted terrorists”, who remained a fugitive for more than 20 years, can be extradited to the US to face trial after he was arrested in Wales, a judge has ruled.<\/p>\n

Daniel Andreas San Diego, 47, allegedly carried out two bombings in the\u00a0San Francisco<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0area in 2003, which were claimed by an animal rights group.<\/p>\n

He was arrested in November 2024 at a property in a rural area next to woodland in Conwy in North Wales, where he had been living under the false identity Danny Webb.<\/p>\n

A distinctive tattoo on his chest with the words “it only takes a spark” helped identify him as the fugitive.<\/p>\n

He was the first alleged domestic terrorist added to the FBI’s most wanted list in 2009, alongside the likes of late al Qaeda leader\u00a0Osama bin Laden<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Judge \u200bSamuel Goozee’s ruling at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London on Friday stated that there is no bar to San Diego’s extradition – and that the home secretary will make a final decision, which is expected to be a formality.<\/p>\n

San Diego has the right to appeal the decision at the High Court.<\/p>\n

He fought extradition to the US, where his barrister Mark Summers KC said he could face a “90-year sentence” if convicted, at a series of hearings at Westminster Magistrates’ Court last year.<\/p>\n

His lawyers argued he could not get a fair trial in\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a><\/strong>‘s America, where the president had “engaged in a ‘purge'” of the US Department of Justice (DoJ) and “installed his former personal lawyers to positions of power”.<\/p>\n

They said the high-profile and “notorious case” was “precisely the type of trial in which the current US presidential administration has shown themselves capable of, and intent on, direct interference”.<\/p>\n

San Diego was first indicted in California in 2004, charged with two offences of causing damage by explosives, and possession of explosives.<\/p>\n

More counts were added to a later indictment, including charges of “using or carrying an explosive device to commit a felony”.<\/p>\n

On 28 August 2003, two bombs exploded about an hour apart on the campus of the Chiron biotechnology corporation in Emeryville, California.<\/p>\n

Then, on 26 September 2003, one bomb strapped with nails exploded at the Shaklee nutritional products corporation in Pleasanton, California.<\/p>\n

The bombings didn’t cause any injuries, but authorities said the biotechnology blast was meant to harm first responders.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Andreas San Diego, 47, had been a fugitive for more than 20 years when he was found at a rural property living under a new identity. Henry Vaughan Sky News (UK) One of the FBI’s “most wanted terrorists”, who remained a fugitive for more than 20 years, can be extradited to the US to … <\/p>\n

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