American Tyler Thompson Jr, center, sits in court in Kinshasa, Friday, June 7, 2024. Three Americans accused of a role in last month’s attempted coup in Congo appeared in court in Kinshasa on Friday, among a total of 53 defendants who were lined up on plastic chairs before the judge on the first day of the hearing. American Tyler Thompson Jr, center top left, sits in court in Kinshasa with 52 other defendants, Friday, June 7, 2024.
Thompson was seen in the open-air military court on Friday with a shaved head, sores on his skin, looking nervous and lost as watched the proceedings. His family maintains he had no knowledge of the elder Malanga’s intentions and no plans for political activism and didn’t even plan to enter Congo. They were meant to travel only to South Africa and Eswatini, his stepmother, Miranda Thompson, said.
Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, 36, was the third American on trial. He was seen seated in the back row. The U.S. embassy in Congo did not respond to a request for comment. On Monday, a spokesperson said it had not had access to the prisoners to provide consular services.
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