Daniel Andreas San Diego

San Diego was born on February 9, 1978 in Berkeley, California, and grew up in San Rafael, California. He attended Terra Linda High School.{{cite web |url=https://www.fbi.gov/sanfrancisco/press-releases/2009/sf042109.htm |title=Marin Man Added to FBI's 'Most Wanted Terrorists' List |author=FBI San Francisco |accessdate=August 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140828141940/http://www.fbi.gov/sanfrancisco/press-releases/2009/sf042109.htm |archive-date=August 28, 2014 |url-status=live}} He took classes at College of Marin and worked at San Rafael High School's radio station, KSRH, listening to heavy metal and rock music. As a young man, he gave up drugs, alcohol, meat, and milk products, taking an interest in the straight edge movement and becoming vegan.{{cite news|publisher=Fox News|url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/wanted-daniel-andreas-san-diego-for-eco-terror-bombings|title=Wanted: Daniel Andreas San Diego for Eco-Terror Bombings|author=Joseph Abrams|date=2008-09-18|access-date=2009-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325071818/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,424762,00.html|archive-date=2009-03-25|url-status=live}}

At the time of the bombings, he lived in Schellville, California, a small community outside of Sonoma, where he worked as a computer specialist.{{cite news|title=Alleged bomber added to FBI terror list|author=Henry K. Lee|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|date=2009-04-21|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/04/21/BABH176A4V.DTL&tsp=1|access-date=2020-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424101328/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2009%2F04%2F21%2FBABH176A4V.DTL&tsp=1|archive-date=2009-04-24|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/8466234|title=FBI's newest 'Most Wanted' terrorist is American| website=TheGuardian.com |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225190125/https://www.theguardian.com/world/feedarticle/8466234|archivedate=December 25, 2014}} His landlord described him as "very nice and personable," mentioned his claim to be starting a new business venture of vegan marshmallows made without gelatin, and said that he had never given the impression of holding radical views on animal rights. The FBI claims this was all an act.

The FBI says that as a San Francisco Bay Area animal rights activist San Diego has ties to Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty (SHAC), an international campaign against Huntingdon Life Sciences (HLS), Europe's largest drug and chemical animal testing laboratory.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/5217035/Animal-rights-activist-added-to-FBIs-most-wanted-terrorist-list.html|title=Animal rights activist added to FBI's most wanted terrorist list|author=Leonard Doyle in Washington|date=24 April 2009|work=Telegraph.co.uk|access-date=2 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105201738/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/5217035/Animal-rights-activist-added-to-FBIs-most-wanted-terrorist-list.html|archive-date=5 January 2019|url-status=live}} Before the related bombings, SHAC targeted HLS customer Chiron and its employees with a series of actions, accusing them of being "puppy killers."

On August 28, 2003, two sophisticated homemade bombs exploded approximately one hour apart, at the Chiron Corporation in Emeryville, California, causing minor property damage but no injuries.{{cite news|title=2 bombs shatter biotech firm's windows|author=Stacy Finz|publisher=San Francisco Chronicle|date=2003-08-29|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/08/29/MN173487.DTL|access-date=2020-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060830024510/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2003%2F08%2F29%2FMN173487.DTL|archive-date=2006-08-30|url-status=live}} The FBI believes the second bomb was timed to target first responders.{{cite news|url=https://abc7news.com/archive/6771993/|publisher=ABC 7 News|date=2009-04-21|title='Most Wanted' terrorist from Bay Area|author=Eric Thomas|access-date=2019-11-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009045606/http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=6771993|archive-date=2012-10-09|url-status=live}} Another bomb, wrapped with nails to produce shrapnel, exploded on September 26, 2003 at the Shaklee Corporation in Pleasanton, California, again causing damage but no casualties. The bombs used ammonium nitrate explosives and mechanical timers.{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/21/fbi.domestic.terror.suspect/index.html|publisher=CNN|date=April 21, 2009|title=Animal rights activist on FBI's 'Most Wanted Terrorists' list|author=Terry Frieden|access-date=April 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090424061459/http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/21/fbi.domestic.terror.suspect/index.html|archive-date=April 24, 2009|url-status=live}}

A group called the Revolutionary Cells – Animal Liberation Brigade claimed responsibility via an email message after each bombing. FBI agents admit that they cannot prove San Diego has ties to the emails, but believe he has ties to the group that sent them.{{cite web |url= https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists/daniel-andreas-san-diego |title= FBI — DANIEL ANDREAS SAN DIEGO |work= FBI |url-status=live |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100919043042/http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorists/tersandiego_da.htm |archivedate= 2010-09-19 |accessdate= July 11, 2020}} The FBI stated San Diego is suspected of having carried out the bombing.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/stats-services-publications-terrorism-2002-2005-terror02_05.pdf/view|title=Terrorism Report - 2002-2005|website=Federal Bureau of Investigation|access-date=2020-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101195857/https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/stats-services-publications-terrorism-2002-2005-terror02_05.pdf/view|archive-date=2019-11-01|url-status=live}}{{rp|15}} The bombing targets were chosen because they were both clients of Huntingdon Life Sciences.

The FBI had San Diego under 24-hour surveillance in 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12185373|title=Marin County animal rights extremist added to the FBI's 'Most Wanted Terrorists' list| date=20 April 2009 |publisher=|access-date=2009-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120923025636/http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12185373|archive-date=2012-09-23|url-status=live}} He discovered that he was being watched and on October 6, 2003 parked his car in downtown San Francisco, California, walked away, and never returned.

Daniel Andreas San Diego was indicted in 2004. He became the first domestic terrorism suspect to be added to the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists List,{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Daniel-Andreas-San-Diego-listed-on-FBI-s-most-5062632.php|title=Daniel Andreas San Diego listed on FBI's most wanted|first=Vivian|last=Ho|date=December 13, 2013|website=SFGate|access-date=July 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140217131739/http://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Daniel-Andreas-San-Diego-listed-on-FBI-s-most-5062632.php|archive-date=February 17, 2014|url-status=live}} and first animal rights activist.{{Cite web |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/21/fbi.domestic.terror.suspect/|title=Animal rights activist on FBI's 'Most Wanted Terrorists' list |website=CNN |access-date=2020-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190113043713/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/21/fbi.domestic.terror.suspect/|archive-date=2019-01-13|url-status=live}} In 2014, as part of the FBI's National Digital Billboard Initiative, San Diego was to be featured on electronic billboards throughout California, Massachusetts, Oregon, Nevada, and Florida, and along the US-Canada border in New York and Washington State.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fbi.gov/sanfrancisco/press-releases/2014/billboards-in-seven-states-to-feature-fugitive-daniel-andreas-san-diego|title=Billboards in Seven States to Feature Fugitive Daniel Andreas San Diego|website=FBI|date=February 28, 2014|access-date=July 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151020005632/https://www.fbi.gov/sanfrancisco/press-releases/2014/billboards-in-seven-states-to-feature-fugitive-daniel-andreas-san-diego/|archive-date=October 20, 2015|url-status=live}} At one point, the FBI believed he was in the Northampton, Massachusetts, area. In early 2014, the FBI announced that they had "credible intelligence" that San Diego might be on Hawaii's Big Island.{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/12/daniel-andreas-san-diego-hawaii_n_4953184.html |title=Daniel Andreas San Diego, The FBI's Most Wanted Domestic Terror Suspect, May Be In Hawaii |first=Paul |last=Elias |work=The Huffington Post |accessdate=August 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140828141419/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/12/daniel-andreas-san-diego-hawaii_n_4953184.html |archive-date=August 28, 2014 |url-status=live}}

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

{{As of|February 2022}}, a reward of up to US$250,000 was available for information that leads to the arrest of San Diego.

On November 25, 2024,{{cite news |last1= Dearden |first1= Chris |last2= Slow |first2= Oliver |title= US bomb suspect in Wales for years - investigators |website= BBC News |date= 27 November 2024 |accessdate= 27 November 2024 |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c33exln14mgo}} Daniel Andreas San Diego was captured in Maenan, near Llanrwst (Conwy) North Wales (United Kingdom). He then appeared in court in London for extradition to the U.S. to face outstanding terrorist charges.{{cite web |url=https://www.ktvu.com/news/fbis-most-wanted-fugitive-2003-california-bombings-arrested-wales|title=FBI's 'Most Wanted' fugitive in 2003 Bay Area bombings arrested in Wales |first=Greg |last=Norman |work= FOX KTVU |date=November 26, 2024|accessdate=November 26, 2024}}

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