Spanish authorities arrested an aristocrat with close ties to Pyongyang last week over U.S. charges that he advised North Korea on cryptocurrency technology.
But Alejandro Cao de Benos, the founder of the pro-North Korea sympathizer group Korea Friendship Association (KFA), insisted that Washington cannot force his extradition following his release a day later.
Spanish authorities arrested an aristocrat with close ties to Pyongyang last week over U.S. charges that he advised North Korea on cryptocurrency technology.
But Alejandro Cao de Benos, the founder of the pro-North Korea sympathizer group Korea Friendship Association (KFA), insisted that Washington cannot force his extradition following his release a day later.
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