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Ted Hennessey

Terror suspect ‘may need gang for protection if jailed in US’, court told

Court artist drawing by Elizabeth Cook of Daniel Andreas San Diego appearing via video link at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London, for an extradition hearing. The suspected terrorist was wanted by the FBI for more than 20 years after bombings in the US. San Diego was one of the agency’s “most wanted fugitives” after two bombings in the San Francisco area of California in 2003. Picture date: Tuesday December 3, 2024. - (PA Archive)

A suspected terrorist wanted by the FBI for more than two decades before being found in Wales may be forced to join a criminal gang for protection in prison if convicted in the US, a court heard.

Daniel Andreas San Diego, 47, was one of the agency’s “most wanted fugitives” after bombings in San Francisco, California, in 2003, allegedly linked to an animal rights extremist group.

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