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Prosecutors say the goal of the plot was to establish a new government known as the New Zaire and install Christian Malanga as its president.
From The Associated Press
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged four Americans for their role in an attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo after three of the men were returned to U.S. custody this week, accor...
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American men convicted of elaborate plot to overthrow Congo government charged by feds
Three Americans repatriated to the United States from Congo were charged Wednesday by the U.S. Justice Department with staging an elaborate coup attempt aimed at overthrowing the African nation’s government.
Three Americans transferred from Congo to US, one arrested in Utah, charged with coup to overthrow government
Three Americans sentenced to life in prison in Congo were transferred to the U.S., and another was arrested in Utah in connection with an armed coup to overthrow DRC government.
Death Sentences Commuted for 3 Americans Over Failed Congo Coup
The three Americans had their sentences reduced to life imprisonment ahead of an expected visit from a Trump official.
US charges Americans over role in botched Congo coup
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged four Americans for their role in an attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo after three of the men were returned to U.S. custody this week, according to a criminal complaint unsealed on Wednesday.
Three Americans jailed over failed DR Congo coup returned home
Details of the repatriation are not known but it comes amid talks about a mineral deal between the two countries.
3 Americans charged for failed coup after extradition from Congo
Three American men had been sentenced to death in Congo but were extradited to the U.S., where they were charged with with participating in the failed coup.
New York Sun6d
Congo Commutes Death Sentences for Two Young Americans Who Were Lured Into the Country With Promise of Trip but Forced To Join a Coup
The two young men, along with a third American ... said that Marcel Malanga had offered him up to $100,000 to help him with a “security job” in Congo. “We have no idea how he got wrapped up in this situation, which is completely out of character ...
Reuters8d
Congo commutes death sentences for US citizens in failed coup
But Congo's justice ministry then proposed a pardon ... U.S.-based Congolese politician Christian Malanga, who led the armed men who briefly occupied an office of the presidency in the capital ...
The Salt Lake Tribune7d
Death sentences commuted for 3 Americans — 2 of them Utahns — over failed Congo coup
Congo has been trying to enlist American support ... Around the same time that Salama announced clemency for the men Tuesday, the U.S. State Department released a statement saying that it had ...
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