Congo repatriates 3 Americans who had faced death sentences over a failed coup plot

Utah men charged in deadly DRC coup attempt; charges detail training, recruitment in Utah

The Orrin G. Hatch United States Courthouse is pictured in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (McKenzie Romero/Utah News Dispatch)Before their failed attempt to violently overthrow the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the four men now charged with conspiracy in federal court spent time training, recruiting and planning their coup attempt in Utah.  That’s according to a newly unsealed complaint, filed in Utah’s U.S. Distric…

Congo repatriates 3 Americans sentenced to death over failed coup - Hawaii Tribune-Herald

DAKAR, Senegal — Three American citizens who had been sentenced to death over a failed coup attempt in Congo were sent back to the United States on Tuesday, according to a spokesperson for the Congolese presidency.

3 Americans charged for failed coup after extradition from Congo

Three Americans extradited from the Democratic Republic of the Congo were charged on Wednesday in the U.S. for participating in a failed coup. Marcel Malanga, 22; Tyler Thompson, 22; and Benjamin Zalman-Polun, 37, had been sentenced to death in Congo for participating in the coup, but were shipped back to the U.S. amid diplomatic wrangling with President Trump’s administration. However, unlike with many Americans detained overseas and sent back …

Israeli Businessman Saves Three US Citizens, Including A Jew, From Execution In Congo

JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In a story more reminiscent of a spy movie than reality, three American citizens—one of them Jewish—who had been sentenced to death in Congo were released and returned to the U.S. this week, following a dramatic operation led by Israeli-American businessman Motty Kahana. Behind the scenes, there was intense and dangerous international […]

Congo Repatriates 3 Americans Who Had Faced Death Sentences over a Failed Coup Plot

The three Americans convicted of participating in a botched coup attempt in Congo last year have been repatriated to the United States, days after their death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment, Congo's presidency said.

Americans involved in failed DRC coup plot repatriated

Three Americans will serve life sentences in the United States after their death sentences were commuted by the Democratic Republic of Congo, shortly after the U.S. and DRC held talks over minerals.