{"id":17015,"date":"2025-04-03T05:29:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T05:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/congos-leader-commutes-death-sentences-of-3-americans-convicted-in-failed-coup-attempt\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T05:29:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T05:29:19","slug":"congos-leader-commutes-death-sentences-of-3-americans-convicted-in-failed-coup-attempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/congos-leader-commutes-death-sentences-of-3-americans-convicted-in-failed-coup-attempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Congo&#8217;s leader commutes death sentences of 3 Americans convicted in failed coup attempt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The Democratic Republic of Congo&#8217;s President Felix Tshisekedi has commuted the death sentences of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/congo-coup-attempt-christian-malanga\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">three Americans convicted<\/a><\/span> on charges of participating in a botched coup attempt in the country&#8217;s capital Kinshasa last year, an official said Wednesday. A presidential order commuted <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/congo-coup-americans-death-sentence\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">their death sentences<\/a><\/span> to life imprisonment, Congolese presidential spokesperson Tina Salama said more than six months after a military court sentenced the three and more than 30 others to death for the failed coup.<\/p>\n<p>The pardon came amid efforts by Congolese authorities to sign a minerals deal with the U.S. in exchange for security support that will help Kinshasa fight Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/democratic-republic-of-congo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">conflict-hit eastern region<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Six people were killed during last year&#8217;s botched coup attempt, led by little-known opposition figure Christian Malanga, that targeted the presidential palace in Kinshasa as well as a close ally of Tshisekedi. Malanga was fatally shot while resisting arrest soon after live-streaming the attack on his social media, the Congolese army said.<\/p>\n<p>Malanga, who had declared himself &#8220;President of New Zaire,&#8221; was a rich businessman and former captain in the Congolese army. He stood for elections in 2011 but was arrested and detained for several weeks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/09\/13\/be17716e-9fd5-41da-ac87-d19c8e3d8709\/thumbnail\/1240x827g2\/8bcbf674370032449079398ae8e35e9b\/2024-09-13t171242z-2004135266-rc2pz9am7s0v-rtrmadp-3-congo-security.jpg?v=7613930c2bdb7d1bf55be910a9b022f2#\" alt=\"Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, Marcel Malanga and Tyler Thompson, American citizens suspected along with a group of around 50 other people to be involved in an attempted coup in Congo, wait for the final verdict during their trial in Kinshasa, Congo, Sept. \" height=\"827\" width=\"1240\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, Marcel Malanga and Tyler Thompson, American citizens suspected along with a group of around 50 other people to be involved in an attempted coup in Congo, wait for the final verdict during their trial in Kinshasa, Congo, Sept. 13, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Reuters\/Justin Makangara<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Malanga&#8217;s 21-year-old son Marcel Malanga, who is a U.S. citizen, was among the Americans convicted for participating in the coup plot. The other Americans are Tyler Thompson Jr., 21, a high school friend of the younger Malanga who flew to Africa from Utah for what his family believed was a free vacation, and Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, 36, who is reported to have known Christian Malanga through a gold mining company.<\/p>\n<p>Marcel Malanga told the court that his father had forced him and Thompson to take part in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dad had threatened to kill us if we did not follow his orders,&#8221; he said previously during hearings.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the defendants were Congolese but also included a Briton, Belgian and Canadian. Their charges included attempted coup, terrorism and criminal association. Fourteen people were acquitted in the trial. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of State announced late Tuesday that President Trump&#8217;s new senior advisor for Africa, Massad Boulos, will travel to Congo and three other African countries \u2014 Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda \u2014 starting April 3.  <\/p>\n<p>Boulos will advance efforts for sustainable peace in eastern Congo and promote U.S. private sector investment in the region, the State Department said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/congo-war-m23-rebels-rwanda-goma-un-warns-gang-rape-summary-executions\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">United Nations in January voiced alarm<\/a><\/span> at rampant violence in the  eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as the M23 armed group pushed  deeper into the country, warning of summary executions and widespread  rapes. 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