U.S. authorities make first arrest in mysterious raid of North Korea's Embassy in Spain
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U.S. authorities make first arrest in mysterious raid of North Korea’s Embassy in Spain
By John Hudson, National security reporter focusing on the State Department and diplomacy.
April 19 at 5:13 PM
U.S. authorities have made the first arrest related to the mysterious raid of North Korea’s Embassy in Spain in which masked assailants tied up staff, stole computers and fled to the United States, according to two people familiar with the matter.
On Thursday, federal authorities arrested Christopher Ahn, a former U.S. Marine and a member of Free Joseon, a group dedicated to the overthrow of North Korea’s Kim Dynasty. He is expected to appear in a federal district court in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon.
Separately, federal agents raided the apartment of Adrian Hong, the leader of Free Joseon, said people familiar with the incident, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive law enforcement issue.
A spokesman with the FBI deferred questions on the case to the Justice Department.
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Matt Zapotosky contributed to this report.
John Hudson is a national security reporter at The Washington Post covering the State Department and diplomacy. He has reported from a mix of countries including Ukraine, Pakistan, Malaysia, China, and Georgia. Follow https://twitter.com/John_Hudson
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