Antony Vo, 32, was sentenced to nine months behind bars and ordered to report to a federal prison on 14 June 2024, but instead he fled to Canada.
Vo, from Indiana, was convicted at a jury trial in Washington of four counts of entering a restricted building and disorderly conduct related to his actions.
“I knew Canada has a history of being welcoming to refugees, from Vietnam war draft-dodgers to the people who hid Edward Snowden in Hong Kong,” he told AFP.
“So I packed up my snowboarding gear and drove across the border.”
We are trying. They just keep getting this idea that since Canada is part of the reason why the Geneva Conventions exist then these people think they will be welcome there.