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deported to canada following expiration of sentence eco-sabotage related charges 37 months in prison darren thurston
 darren todd thurston
darren thurston

darren todd thurston -lrb- born -rrb- is a canadian former animal rights activist .
in july 2006 , thurston pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy and related arson charges that occurred from 1996 through 2001 in oregon and four other u.s. states , and which were claimed in the name of the earth liberation front -lrb- elf -rrb- and the animal liberation front -lrb- alf -rrb- .
the fbi arrested thurston and 10 other members of a west coast-based animal rights and environmentalist organization that the fbi and media called `` the family . ''
the arrests were made as part of the fbi 's operation backfire .
thurston was sentenced in may 2007 to 37 months in prison in exchange for his cooperation with the investigation .
