Home World Politics Three Americans are accused of trying to overthrow Congo’s president. They’re now sentenced to death.PPoliticsThree Americans are accused of trying to overthrow Congo’s president. They’re now sentenced to death.September 16, 2024 Three Americans are accused of trying to overthrow Congo’s president. They’re now sentenced to death. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/three-americans-are-accused-trying-overthrow-congos-president-now-sent-rcna171126 Posted by nbcnews 1 commentWhen 21-year-old Tyler Thompson boarded a plane in Utah this April, his stepmother, Miranda Thompson, thought he was [bound for South Africa](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/south-africa-farmers-murder-women-fed-pigs-rcna170570), traveling with his high school buddy, Marcel Malanga, on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to explore the world.Instead, he was entangled in the deluded efforts of a self-styled warlord to overthrow the president of [the Democratic Republic of ](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/mpox-vaccination-begin-congo-month-rcna170195)[the ](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/mpox-vaccination-begin-congo-month-rcna170195)[Congo](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/mpox-vaccination-begin-congo-month-rcna170195), one of Africa’s largest nations, in a series of events that unfolded over five months and ended with his death sentence, delivered by [a Congolese military court](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/congo-jailbreak-prison-stampede-gunshots-dead-kinshasa-rcna169297) on Friday.Thompson, Malanga and 35 others, who were convicted of taking part in [the botched coup](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ukraine-coup-attempt-zelenskyy-hungary-viktor-orban-russia-war-rcna159909), were charged with terrorism, murder, criminal association and illegal possession of weapons, among other charges.Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
When 21-year-old Tyler Thompson boarded a plane in Utah this April, his stepmother, Miranda Thompson, thought he was [bound for South Africa](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/south-africa-farmers-murder-women-fed-pigs-rcna170570), traveling with his high school buddy, Marcel Malanga, on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to explore the world.Instead, he was entangled in the deluded efforts of a self-styled warlord to overthrow the president of [the Democratic Republic of ](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/mpox-vaccination-begin-congo-month-rcna170195)[the ](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/mpox-vaccination-begin-congo-month-rcna170195)[Congo](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/mpox-vaccination-begin-congo-month-rcna170195), one of Africa’s largest nations, in a series of events that unfolded over five months and ended with his death sentence, delivered by [a Congolese military court](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/congo-jailbreak-prison-stampede-gunshots-dead-kinshasa-rcna169297) on Friday.Thompson, Malanga and 35 others, who were convicted of taking part in [the botched coup](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ukraine-coup-attempt-zelenskyy-hungary-viktor-orban-russia-war-rcna159909), were charged with terrorism, murder, criminal association and illegal possession of weapons, among other charges.
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When 21-year-old Tyler Thompson boarded a plane in Utah this April, his stepmother, Miranda Thompson, thought he was [bound for South Africa](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/south-africa-farmers-murder-women-fed-pigs-rcna170570), traveling with his high school buddy, Marcel Malanga, on a once-in-a-lifetime trip to explore the world.
Instead, he was entangled in the deluded efforts of a self-styled warlord to overthrow the president of [the Democratic Republic of ](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/mpox-vaccination-begin-congo-month-rcna170195)[the ](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/mpox-vaccination-begin-congo-month-rcna170195)[Congo](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/mpox-vaccination-begin-congo-month-rcna170195), one of Africa’s largest nations, in a series of events that unfolded over five months and ended with his death sentence, delivered by [a Congolese military court](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/congo-jailbreak-prison-stampede-gunshots-dead-kinshasa-rcna169297) on Friday.
Thompson, Malanga and 35 others, who were convicted of taking part in [the botched coup](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ukraine-coup-attempt-zelenskyy-hungary-viktor-orban-russia-war-rcna159909), were charged with terrorism, murder, criminal association and illegal possession of weapons, among other charges.