Christopher Ahn, a former U.S. marine who Spanish authorities have linked to the February break-in at North Korea's embassy in Madrid, was at a hearing at a California court on Tuesday ordered to be freed on a $1.3 million bail.
Ahn -- who the U.S. government has asked be held in captivity since his detention in April -- must remain under house arrest pending further proceedings into his potential extradition to Spain.
Christopher Ahn, a former U.S. marine who Spanish authorities have linked to the February break-in at North Korea's embassy in Madrid, was at a hearing at a California court on Tuesday ordered to be freed on a $1.3 million bail.
Ahn -- who the U.S. government has asked be held in captivity since his detention in April -- must remain under house arrest pending further proceedings into his potential extradition to Spain.
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