The FBI arrested a terrorist from their most-wanted list shortly after he bought a "perfect getaway" countryside house in the U.K.
A man in Wales was shocked to discover that he had sold a £425,000 ($539,000) house to Daniel Andreas San Diego, who was wanted by the FBI for a series of nail bomb attacks in 2003 and was arrested on Monday.
The FBI confirmed that San Diego had been arrested and was awaiting extradition to the U.S. after an operation in conjunction with North Wales Police.
San Diego was added to the most-wanted list after allegedly planting two bombs that detonated about an hour apart on the morning of August 28, 2003, at a biotechnology company in Emeryville, California. He is also accused of setting off a nail-studded bomb at a nutritional products company in Pleasanton, California, just one month later.
San Diego was arrested a year after he bought a house from Aled Evans, using the false name Danny Webb. Evans told the BBC that the house was the ideal location "if you wanted to keep your head down," with plenty of nature and isolation from other people.
"He was quite excited because there was a big woodland at the back; he was into his mountain biking and that's what sold it to him, apparently," Evans told the BBC.
Newsweek contacted North Wales Police for more information on San Diego's arrest and the extradition process.
"Daniel San Diego's arrest after more than 20 years as a fugitive for two bombings in the San Francisco area shows that no matter how long it takes, the FBI will find you and hold you accountable," said FBI Director Christopher Wray, in a statement on the arrest.
"There's a right way and a wrong way to express your views in our country, and turning to violence and destruction of property is not the right way."
In 2009, San Diego became the first domestic terrorism suspect to be placed on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist List. Authorities offered a $250,000 reward for information leading to his capture.
San Diego's photos were displayed on billboards across the country, from California to New York's Times Square, according to the FBI. He was also featured multiple times on the television program America's Most Wanted.
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