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DR Congo returns jailed US citizens
The Journal
|April 10, 2025
THREE Americans convicted on charges of participating in a botched coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of Congo last year have been repatriated to the United States days after the country commuted their death sentences to life imprisonment, an official said.
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The three will serve their sentences in the US following the repatriation done in collaboration with the US embassy, Congolese presidential spokesperson Tina Salama said on X.
This story is from the April 10, 2025 edition of The Journal.
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