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The repatriation of the three men came days after an American delegation met with Congo’s president, Felix Tshisekedi, in his country’s capital, Kinshasa.
From The New York Times
Three Americans have been transferred to the United States after their death sentences over a foiled deadly coup were commuted to life imprisonment last week by Congolese authorities, in the wake of t...
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Malanga, Thompson and Zalman-Polun were all part of a May 2024 coup attempt led by Malanga’s father, Christian, in the Congolese capital of Kinshasa.
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