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Three Americans sentenced to death in Congo over failed coup
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9/15/2024
Three U.S. citizens were sentenced to death by a military court on Friday for their role in a failed coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo. - REUTERS
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Three U.S. citizens were among 37 defendants sentenced to death by a military court on
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Friday for their role in a failed coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Armed men briefly occupied an office of the presidency on May 19, before their leader,
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U.S.-based Congolese politician Christian Malanga, was killed by security forces.
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His son, Marcel Malanga, was among the Americans on trial, along with Marcel's friend Tyler
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Thompson, who played high school football with him in Utah.
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Both are in their 20s.
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The third American, Benjamin Zelman Palloune, was a business associate of Christian Malanga.
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All three were found guilty of criminal conspiracy, terrorism and other charges, and sentenced
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to death in a ruling read on live TV.
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Malanga had previously told the court that his father had threatened to kill him unless
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he participated.
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He also told the court it was his first time visiting Congo at the invitation of his father,
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whom he had not seen in years.
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The Americans are among some 50 people, including U.S., British, Canadian, Belgian and Congolese
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citizens standing trial following the failed coup.
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