{"id":2248208,"date":"2024-05-19T19:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T23:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/multiple-americans-arrested-in-african-nation-after-alleged-involvement-in-deadly-coup-attempt-that-left-3-killed\/"},"modified":"2024-05-19T19:42:33","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T23:42:33","slug":"multiple-americans-arrested-in-african-nation-after-alleged-involvement-in-deadly-coup-attempt-that-left-3-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/multiple-americans-arrested-in-african-nation-after-alleged-involvement-in-deadly-coup-attempt-that-left-3-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"Several Americans Detained in African Country Following Suspected Role in Fatal Coup, Resulting in 3 Deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmultiple-americans-arrested-in-african-nation-after-alleged-involvement-in-deadly-coup-attempt-that-left-3-killed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2248208&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Violence erupted in the Democratic Republic of Congo during\u200c a failed coup, leading to\u2064 the \u200cdeath \u200cof the alleged leader, Christian\u2064 Malanga. The U.S.\u2062 government, through Ambassador\u200c Lucy Tamly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/education-dept-launches-probe-into-ucla-stanford-others-for-alleged-religious-discrimination\/\" title=\"Education Dept. Investigates UCLA, Stanford, Others for Religious Discrimination\">assured full cooperation<\/a> with\u2064 Congolese authorities. Reports indicated the involvement of three Americans in the incident, with one identified as Malanga&#8217;s son. The situation is under control as investigations continue.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 19, 2024 at 4:06pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Violence flared Sunday in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo as what officials are calling a coup attempt crumbled, leaving the purported leader of the attempt dead, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Army spokesman Sylvain Ekenge said Christian Malanga, a Congolese politician based in the U.S., was killed after he led the attempted coup in the capital of Kinshasa.<\/p>\n<p>About 50, including three Americans, were arrested and are being interrogated, Ekenge said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/africa\/democratic-republic-congo-army-says-it-stopped-attempted-coup-2024-05-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He said the coup was \u201cnipped in the bud by Congolese defense and security forces (and) the situation is under control,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2024\/05\/19\/congo-kinshasa-gunfire\/ddfa246e-15b6-11ef-9d37-865890cc2670_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">JUST IN: Three Americans are accused of being involved in a failed coup attempt in Congo that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-officials-say-investigation-into-deadly-nitrogen-leak-at-poultry-plant-could-take-years\/\" title=\"Ga. officials say investigation into deadly nitrogen leak at poultry plant could take years\">left multiple people dead<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Democratic Republic of Congo military, they stopped an attempted coup near the presidential palace.<\/p>\n<p>Among the 50 people who were involved\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MllFIQ0sRH\">pic.twitter.com\/MllFIQ0sRH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1792287748621246716?\">May 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>U.S. Ambassador to the Congo Lucy Tamly pledged the Biden administration\u2019s cooperation with the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am shocked by the events of this morning and very concerned by reports of American citizens allegedly involved. Please be assured that we will cooperate with the DRC authorities to the fullest extent as they investigate these criminal acts and hold accountable any U.S. citizen involved in criminal acts,\u201d she wrote\u00a0 in French in a <a href=\"http:\/\/33D1F3BA-D89E-49ED-A503-E2990FC2D5C1\/I%20am%20shocked%20by%20the%20events%20of%20this%20morning%20and%20very%20concerned%20by%20reports%20of%20American%20citizens%20allegedly%20involved.%20Please%20be%20assured%20that%20we%20will%20cooperate%20with%20the%20DRC%20authorities%20to%20the%20fullest%20extent%20as%20they%20investigate%20these%20criminal%20acts%20and%20hold%20accountable%20any%20U.S.%20citizen%20involved%20in%20criminal%20acts.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(Thanks to its history as a former Belgian colony, French is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldatlas.com\/articles\/what-languages-are-spoken-in-the-democratic-republic-of-the-congo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official language<\/a> of the central African country.)<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">Je suis choqu\u00e9e par les \u00e9v\u00e9nements de ce matin et tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9occup\u00e9e par les rapports faisant \u00e9tat de citoyens am\u00e9ricains pr\u00e9tendument impliqu\u00e9s. Soyez assur\u00e9s que nous coop\u00e9rerons avec les autorit\u00e9s de la RDC dans toute la mesure du possible alors qu\u2019elles enqu\u00eatent sur ces actes\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ambassadeur Lucy Tamlyn (@USAmbDRC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USAmbDRC\/status\/1792160806030774647?\">May 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/19\/world\/africa\/congo-coup-americans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>, a video showed Malanga, with men in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/thousands-africans-flying-central-america-one-goal-mind-entire-world-exploiting-open-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">military uniform<\/a>, some of whom bore U.S. flags on their uniforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFelix, you\u2019re out,\u201d he said in the video, addressing DRC President Felix Tshisekedi. \u201cWe are coming for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cxeeydypv32o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> a video showed Malanga saying, \u00a0\u201cWe the military are tired, we cannot march together with Vital Kamerhe and President F\u00e9lix Tshisekedi.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tshisekedi was unhurt.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde9 The DR Congo military foiled a \u201ccoup attempt\u201d in the country!<\/p>\n<p>An attempted coup took place this morning in the Democratic Republic of Congo, reports the country\u2019s national television RTNC.<\/p>\n<p>The attackers\u2019 goal was to seize the Palace of the Nation and the residence of Deputy\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2Zzi9OMqXl\">pic.twitter.com\/2Zzi9OMqXl<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MyLordBebo\/status\/1792149137162433016?\">May 19, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The names of the three Americans arrested were not officially released.<\/p>\n<p>The Times said one individual pictured in a video of two men sitting on the ground surrounded by soldiers was Malanga\u2019s son.<\/p>\n<p>The Times reported that the passport of Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, another American, was circulating on social media amid claims he was involved in the coup.<\/p>\n<p>Zalman-Polun had previously been named as a cannabis entrepreneur who was part of a gold mining deal with Malanga, according to the Times.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Democratic Republic of Congo, a failed coup led to unrest in the capital city. 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