A former North Vancouver resident on the run from the FBI for more than a decade will plead guilty to a number of charges related to ecoterrorism.
Rebecca Rubin turned herself into the FBI at a border crossing in Blaine, Washington in November last year, facing charges related to a series of arsons, bombings and conspiracy in the 1990s.
On July 31, Rubin's Seattle lawyer asked to change her not-guilty plea to guilty, though it is not known if she has been offered a plea bargain in exchange for lesser charges.
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Rubin was a member of a cell of the radical Animal Liberation Front and the Earth Liberation Front known as "the family.' The ALF and ELF are known for carrying out acts of vandalism and sabotage on targets they perceive as a threat to the environment or animal welfare.
The FBI alleges Rubin, along with 12 other conspirators, set fire to a lodge at a Vail, Colorado ski resort, a timber company office in Oregon and wild-horse corrals in California and Oregon.
Total damages, according to the FBI, are $48 million, which the bureau has labelled the largest eco-terrorism case in U.S. history.
In total, 10 members of the family have been caught and sentenced to jail terms of three to 13 years in prison. Two members remain at large and are suspected of having fled North America.
