US EditionCongo Reduces Death Sentence for Three Americans Convicted in Failed Coup
- President Tshisekedi of Congo commuted the death sentences of three Americans on Wednesday.
- The Americans were convicted for their participation in a failed coup attempt last year.
- Marcel Malanga, Tyler Thompson Jr., and Benjamin Zalman-Polun were among 37 sentenced to death by a military court.
- The coup, led by Christian Malanga, targeted the presidential palace; Malanga was killed during the attempt.
- The commutation precedes a visit from Massad Boulos amid U.S. Interest in a minerals-for-security deal.
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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.
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.
DR Congo president commutes 3 Americans' death sentences for their roles in last year's failed coup
They are among 37 coup plotters convicted and sentenced to death in Sept. 2024 by military court in Kinshasa for their involvement in coup attempt in May of last year - Anadolu Ajansı
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