Antony Vo, convicted for his role in the January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot, was arrested in Whistler, British Columbia, while seeking political asylum in Canada. Vo had skipped his prison sentence and posted online about his asylum claim and planned return to Canada for Lunar New Year.
An American rioter sentenced to nine months in jail south of the border after storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been arrested in British Columbia. In this Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump scale the west wall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jose Luis Magana
The Canada Border Services Agency says in a statement that Antony Vo, described as “a fugitive from U.S. justice,” was arrested on Monday without incident., was seeking political asylum, and posted on social media that he was happy the Canadian government had accepted his basis of claim. Canada border services says it has no record of Vo, who is 32 years old, of entering the country and it has an obligation to remove all foreign nationals who are inadmissible to Canada.
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