Congo Reduces Death Sentence for Three Americans Convicted in Failed Coup

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 African country hopes the gesture will entice the Trump Administration to sign a minerals deal that would provide them protection from rebels.

Congo overturns death sentences of three Americans convicted in coup attempt - Washington Examiner

President Felix Tshisekedi granted “individual clemency" to Marcel Malanga, Tylor Thomson, and Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, who will now serve life in prison.

Death sentences commuted for 3 Americans — 2 of them Utahns — over failed Congo coup

Dakar, Senegal • Three American citizens who were sentenced to death over a failed coup attempt in Congo have had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment, according to a spokesperson for the Central African country’s president.

Congo denies US influence over death sentence waiver for 3 American coup plotters

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has dismissed claims that U.S. pressure played a role in the decision to commute the death sentences of three Americans involved in the failed May 2024 coup attempt.

DRC commutes death sentences for three US citizens in failed coup

Americans among about 50 people who stood trial last year after botched attempt to overthrow DRC government

Congo commutes death sentences of 3 Americans convicted in failed coup

Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has commuted the death sentences of three Americans convicted on charges of participating in a botched coup attempt in the country’s capital Kinshasa last year, an official said Wednesday.