Congo repatriates Americans jailed for coup attempt
L-R: Benjamin Zalman Polun, Marcel Malanga and Tyler Thompson, American citizens suspected along with a group of around fifty other people to be involved in an attempted coup in Congo, wait for the final verdict during their trial in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo on September 13, 2024. PHOTO | REUTERS
The Congolese government has repatriated Americans jailed for plotting a coup in Kinshasa last year, just a week after their death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment.
President Félix Tshisekedi had granted the three Americans a “presidential pardon”, saving them from the hangman’s noose.
