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Intruders at North Korean embassy in Madrid contacted FBI: Spanish court
- A court said it had found evidence of trespassing, injuries, threats and burglary committed by “a criminal organisation” on February 22
- Investigators named a Mexican national as the leader of a gang that broke in to the embassy, tied up the staff and stole computers from the building
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The alleged leader of an armed group that forcibly broke into North Korea’s embassy in Madrid and stole computers offered the stolen data to the FBI, a Spanish court said on Tuesday.
Adrian Hong Chang, a Mexican national, was accused of being the ringleader of a 10-member gang that broke into the embassy, tied up and gagged the staff there, then stole computers and documents from the building. They then escaped in broad daylight in two luxury vehicles.
Hong Chang contacted “the FBI in New York five days after the assault to facilitate information related to the incident in the embassy”, Spain’s National Court said in a statement.
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These are the first official details to emerge from the mysterious incident on February 22 after investigating magistrate Jose de la Mata lifted the secrecy surrounding the case.
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The judge said on Tuesday that the court had found evidence of various crimes, including trespassing, injuries, threats and burglary committed by “a criminal organisation”.
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