How a US mission to free jailed Americans, push Trump deal in Congo unravelled

From left, Benjamin Zalman Polun, Marcel Malanga and Tyler Thompson. Three Americans had been sentenced to death by a Congolese military court in September 2024 for participating in a separate, failed coup. They were repatriated to the US after President Felix Tshisekedi commuted their sentences.

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What you need to know:

  • A businessman, a former US official and a decorated Green Beret pitched up in Kinshasa. Two days later, they fled the country fearing arrest.

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