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Judge Spares Suspect in Bizarre Plot To Kidnap a North Korean Diplomat From Extradition to Spain

Christopher Ahn was a key figure in a group that stormed Pyongyang’s mission in Madrid in 2019, ostensibly in a bid to rescue an attaché who wanted to defect.

Christopher Ahn, left, is seen with other members of “Free Joseon” in a surveillance video captured shortly before they entered the North Korean embassy at Madrid on February 22, 2019.
Christopher Ahn, left, is seen with other members of “Free Joseon” in a surveillance video captured shortly before they entered the North Korean embassy at Madrid on February 22, 2019. Spanish Guardia Civil via Wikimedia Commons