Spanish judge issues warrant for North Korea embassy intruders: source
MADRID - A Spanish judge has issued international arrest warrants for two of the intruders accused of forcing their way into North Korea’s embassy in Madrid last month and are currently believed to be in the United States, a judicial source said on Wednesday.
The suspected leader has been identified by the court in an official document as Adrian Hong Chang, a Mexican who is a U.S. resident. The other suspect sought in the arrest warrant is Sam Ryu, who is a U.S. citizen of Korean descent. An authoritative U.S. government source said on Wednesday that the FBI received the names of the alleged embassy intruders from Spanish investigators and was looking into the matter at the request of Spanish authorities.
Lee Wolosky, an American attorney who represents the group, said in a statement on Wednesday that the Spanish court “purported to reach conclusions without any input from representatives” of the group. Three of the intruders took an embassy official into the basement and tried to convince him to defect from North Korea. They identified themselves as members of a group who campaigned for the “liberation of North Korea”, the Spanish court document said.
The group kept embassy staff tied up for several hours and then searched the premises for arms before leaving, at which point they separated into four groups and headed to Portugal, the document alleged.
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