Woman with ties to eco-terrorist groups surrenders to authorities

After being at large for more than a decade, a 39-year-old woman with ties to eco-terrorist groups that committed several arson attacks across California, Oregon and in Vail, Colo., surrendered Thursday to the FBI at the Canada-United States border.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Oregon said Rebecca Jeannette Rubin was taken into custody in Blaine, Wash., Thursday.
She faces allegations of being part of a group of 13 people who were responsible for 20 acts of arson or attempted arson between 1996 and 2001. The group carried out the crimes as “self-proclaimed members” of the Earth Liberation Front and Animal Liberation Front movements, the U.S. attorney’s office said.

According to the indictment, the group sought to influence and affect the conduct of government, private business, and the civilian population through force, violence, sabotage, mass destruction, intimidation and coercion, and to retaliate against government and private businesses by similar means.

Read the full news release below.