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A criminal complaint that was not opened on Wednesday in Utah’s state, accused four US citizens With a plot of illegally implementing a coup in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Marcel Malanga, 22, Tyler Thompson, 22, Benjamin Zalman-Polun, 37, and Joseph Peter Moesser, 67, are charged with conspiracy to provide material support and resources, confiracy Conspiracy to Bomb Places of Government Facilities, and Conspiracy to Kill or Kidnap Persons in a Foreign Country, Among Other Offenses, Account to A News Release From US Department of Justice (Doj).
Benjamin Ruben Zalman-Palun, left, Marseille Malanga and Tyler Thompson, all US citizens, are present on the Congo court, Kinshasa, on Friday, September 13, 2024, on charges of participation in a coup in May 2024. (Photo/Kiam themselves
Congo tolerates 3 Americans death sentences after a coup attempt
Men are accused of holding an armed coup, in particular, focused on DRC President Felix Tshaseedi and the Deputy Prime Minister for Economics, striker as the Palai -Da -nation -the official house and the main workplace of the President -and the private house of the Camerag in Kinshas.
At least six people were killed during the attack, including two police officers defending the house of cameras, and at least one innocent civilian.
The Ministry of Justice stated that the purpose of the operation was the murder of President Felix Tshasecki, Camechehe and others, creating a new government known as the new Zaer and to establish leader Christian Malanga, who died during the coup as the president of the new Zaire.
Rebecca Higbi, Mother Tyler Thompson, points to his son and his friend Marcel during his 21st birthday with his family on May 30, 2024 in Western Jordan, Utah. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Marseille Malanga called himself ‘Chief of Staff Army Zaire“; Half was the Chief of Staff of Christian Malanga; Moseer was a manufacturer of explosives, a technician and supplier; Thompson was a soldier, drone and operator specialist, the complaint said.
Christian Malanga, Marseille Malanga, Thompson, Poluna and Moser allegedly spoke to provide material support and resources, including services, training, advice from experts or assistance, communication equipment, weapons, explosives and staff to the rebel army, which was formed for the breakdown of the DKA government.
Tyler Thompson Jr. appeals to the court in Kinshasa with 52 other defendants on Friday, June 7, 2024, accused of attempted upon the Congo’s coup led by the little-known figure of the opposition Christian Malanga, who killed six people. (Photo/Kiam themselves
Flashback: 3 Americans in Congo were sentenced to death after a coup attempt
Doj also accused men of conspiracy and use weapons of mass destruction during the coup.
They allegedly planned to use bombs that could be launched for their goals, including people, private houses and public buildings, through drones.
In addition, they intended to attach the device to the drone and use it as a incendiary device to fill people on fire.
Thompson units the attachment of the unmanned movement from his box and reflects it for the camera. (US Justice Ministry)
Earlier this month, DRC president Marseille Malanga reached, the death sentences Thompson and the half, having switched them to life imprisonment.
When convicted, men threaten the maximum punishment up to 15 years in prison for each conspiracy to provide material support and resources, as well as for life imprisonment for each conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction, conspiracy for bombing state objectsand a conspiracy for murdering or abduction of people in a foreign country.
Malanga and Thompson, if recognized, will also face a maximum period of up to 15 years of imprisonment for each section for the exemption of firearms from the United States to conclude a crime.
The defendants were seen live on social media during a coup attempt. (US Justice Ministry)
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It is expected that Malanga, Thompson and Polun will perform in the federal court building in Brooklyn, New York. Moesser is expected to make its original appearance on April 10 in the Federal Court building in Salt -Leik -Sity, Utah.
After their initial appearances in New Yar, it is expected that Malanga, Thompson and the Salt will appear in Salt -Leik -Siti for further trial.
The case is being investigated by the FBI FBI -leak field office using the FBI field office and the FBI legal apparatus in Nairobi, Kenya, which controls the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Greg Norman Fox News contributed to this report.
