Attorneys for ex-Marine accused in N. Korean Embassy attack say he faces retaliation
by Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times
Jun 07, 2019
4 minutes
SEOUL, South Korea - Clad head to toe in black with a bushy beard and dark shades, Christopher Philip Ahn cut an imposing, hulking figure on the stoop of the North Korean Embassy in Madrid.
The barrel-chested 38-year-old former U.S. Marine, a resident of Chino Hills, Calif., was caught on surveillance camera footage in February in the moments before he and others allegedly launched a brazen raid on the embassy that has become the center of international intrigue and a potential thorn in efforts at diplomacy with the North Korean regime.
The attackers, associated with a North Korean
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