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Accused ecoterrorist surrenders at U.S.-Canada border

By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 8:16 PM EST, Thu November 29, 2012
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • NEW: Rubin made an initial appearance in Seattle on Thursday, prosecutor says
  • Rebecca Rubin was wanted in connection with a string of fires across the West
  • One of those was the blaze that destroyed Vail's Two Elk Lodge
  • Rubin had been at large for 10 years, authorities say

(CNN) -- An accused ecoterrorist charged in the 1998 fire that destroyed a Colorado ski lodge has surrendered at the U.S.-Canadian border, federal prosecutors announced Thursday.

Rebecca Rubin turned herself in at a border post in Blaine, Washington, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Oregon announced. She faces federal charges in connection with several fires set across the West over five years, including the October 1998 blaze that destroyed the Two Elk Lodge and several other buildings at the Vail, Colorado, ski resort.