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US Marine veteran arrested in connection with raid on North Korean embassy in Spain

Google Earth image of North Korean embassy in Madrid

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On Friday, U.S. officials announced the arrest of Christopher Ahn, a U.S. Marine veteran implicated in the raid of the North Korean embassy in Madrid this past February. During the raid, embassy staff were restrained, with some reported to have been beaten, before the 10-person group left with a variety of stolen electronics, including computers and cell phones.

Ahn was first taken into custody by U.S. Marshals on Thursday, according to an agency statement. He stands accused of being one of 10 individuals who carried out the February raid only days before President Trump’s ill-fated Hanoi summit with North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. Responsibility for the raid has been attributed to a group known as the Cheollima Civil Defense, also known as Free Joeon, an organization that calls for the overthrow of North Korea’s supreme leader. The group became known shortly after the assassination of Kim Jong-un’s half brother, Kim Jong-nam.

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  • jstf19

    Thank you for clarifying the extradition in the last paragraph. It makes sense the U.S. would extradite Ahn to Spain to face charges.

  • Daniel

    No one is getting extradited to North Korea. It’s just ridiculous to even consider that as a possibility. That lawyer has lost his damn mind. Happy Easter

  • James Walper

    Meh, it would be better to deregulate a little more and let the US be capitalist again. Basically let people become job providers again.

  • Andy T

    Interesting. When politics pushes the secret wars into the light, there is always collateral damage. I wonder what he knows. And so does everybody else. In my adult lifetime, no USA leadership has put China on it's heels like the present one though. I hope we get another 5 years of it.