Three Americans are imprisoned in prison, repatriated

Three Americans, convicted of their role in an unsuccessful coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo last year, were sent to home in the United States to serve other prisons.

The three were initially sentenced to death by a military court before their sentences were Traveled in life in prison last weekS

State Department spokesman Tammy Bruce said the three are “in our arrest”.

Repatriation comes when the United States and D -C Congo explore a transaction to operate the huge wealth of the Central African country.

Last week, US President Donald Trump’s senior councilor for Africa visited Dr. Congo and confirmed that the two countries were talking about minerals and said that this could include “multi-million-dollar investment”.

The Congo has large deposits of Coltan and Cobalt, used in electronic equipment and batteries for electric cars, which are currently being extracted to a large extent by Chinese mining companies.

The three American condemned – Marcel Malanga Malu, Tilor Thomson and Zalman Pemnage Benjamin – left the Congo on Tuesday to serve the rest of their sentences in the United States, said Congorah President Tina Salama.

They were escorted to the N’Djili International Airport in Kinshasa in “Strict Compliance with Legal Procedures,” said the Presidency of D -Congo.

The Transfer “is part of the dynamics of strengthening judicial diplomacy and international cooperation on justice and human rights” between D -Congo and the United States, the Presidency added.

Americans were among 37 people Sentenced to death last September by a military courtS

Jean-Jacques Wondo, a double Congoan and Belgian citizen, who was also sentenced to death, was transferred to Belgium in February for poor health.

It is unclear whether the other convicts, who include a British, a Belgian and a Canadian citizen, will also transfer their sentences.

They were accused of leading an attack on both the Presidential Palace and the home of President Felix Tsiseked, last May. Later, they were convicted of criminal conspiracy, terrorism and other accusations they denied.

Suspecting story leader Christian Malanga, an American citizen of Congoan descent, was killed during the attack, along with five others. Hi son, Marcel Malanga Malu, is among the sent home on Tuesday.

Details of the prisoners’ transfer agreement were not clear, but the State Department said it was aware of the repatriation made in collaboration with the US Embassy in Kinshasa, the capital of the Congo.

The State Department spokesman said the United States condemned the armed attacks and supported the Congo’s candidacy to be responsible for the convicted, but it also sought “consistent, compassionate, humane treatment and a just legal process.”

Joseph Schlavik-with, a lobbyist working for the Congoy government, told the Reuters agency that she agreed to pay for the damage caused by protesters who attacked the US Embassy and other missions earlier this year. US officials are yet to comment on the issue.