{"id":2249081,"date":"2024-05-20T20:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T00:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/salt-lake-city-car-dealer-killed-after-leading-violent-coup-to-overthrow-congolese-government\/"},"modified":"2024-05-20T20:52:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T00:52:12","slug":"salt-lake-city-car-dealer-killed-after-leading-violent-coup-to-overthrow-congolese-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/salt-lake-city-car-dealer-killed-after-leading-violent-coup-to-overthrow-congolese-government\/","title":{"rendered":"Car dealership owner in Salt Lake City dies after leading violent coup to topple Congolese government"},"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%2Fsalt-lake-city-car-dealer-killed-after-leading-violent-coup-to-overthrow-congolese-government%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=2249081&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>Christian Malanga,\u2063 a Salt Lake City car \u200cdealer \u2064and U.S. \u200bcitizen, led a violent coup in Congo but was killed at the presidential palace in Kinshasa. His son and associates\u200d were arrested, and the coup attempt was \u2062thwarted by Congolese forces. Malanga&#8217;s \u200cpolitical ambitions \u2062and connections spanned \u2063international borders, \u200dculminating\u200c in a tragic end. Christian Malanga, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/better-than-expected-u-s-economy-added-638000-jobs-in-october-unemployment-dropped-to-6-9\/\" title=\"Better Than Expected: U.S. Economy Added 638,000 Jobs in October, Unemployment Dropped to 6.9%\">car dealer<\/a> from Salt Lake City and a U.S. citizen, orchestrated a violent coup in Congo \u2063but met his demise at the \u200cpresidential palace in Kinshasa. His son and accomplices were apprehended, and the Congolese forces successfully foiled the coup. Malanga&#8217;s global political aspirations and networks concluded in a sorrowful outcome.  <\/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<div>\n<p>A Salt Lake City car dealer was killed after leading a violent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/coup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"coup\">coup<\/a> attempt to overthrow the Democratic Republic of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"coup\">Congo\u2019s<\/a> government.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Malanga, 41, who moved to the United States at age 15 and gained citizenship, was killed by government forces in the capital of Kinshasa after resisting arrest at the presidential palace, Congolese army spokesman Brig. Gen. Sylvain Ekenge told the <em>Associated Press<\/em>. Six others were killed during the coup attempt, including four attackers and two guards.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Congolese <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/officials-launch-murder-probe-into-death-of-officer-following-d-c-protests\/\" title=\"Officials launch murder probe into death of officer following D.C. protests\">security forces<\/a> secure the streets after Congo\u2019s army said it has \u201cfoiled a coup\u201d and arrested the perpetrators, following a shootout, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, on Sunday, May 19, 2024. (AP Photo\/Samy Ntumba Shambuyi, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Congolese army found a U.S. passport on Malanga\u2019s body and identified three other Americans among the group, including Malanga\u2019s 21-year-old son, Marcel Malanga, one of Christian Malanga\u2019s eight children. Two white Americans took part, with one identified by his passport as Maryland-based cannabis entrepreneur Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun, 36.\u00a0Zalman-Polun had been business partners with the coup leader.<\/p>\n<p>Ekenge said that the coup attempt was \u201cnipped in the bud by Congolese defense and security forces, [and] the situation is under control.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Christian Malanga\u2019s family fled the Congo in the early 1990s, eventually settling as refugees in Salt Lake City. He was a U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo\/?fbid=10225670263567435&#038;set=a.4950082633934\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"ROTC Air Cadet\">JROTC Air Cadet<\/a> in high school, then started a car dealership after graduating. On his <a href=\"https:\/\/christianmalanga.com\/who-is-president-malanga%3F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"website\">website<\/a>, he proudly claimed that he was \u201cthe first African\/Black American in the State of Utah to register as a car dealer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The car dealership, Malanga Auto Sale, appears to have been active recently; its Instagram page is linked on Marcel Malanga\u2019s Instagram page.<\/p>\n<p>Activity on Marcel Malanga\u2019s Instagram also showed him calling himself \u201cWARCEL\u201d and \u201cWARBABY,\u201d sharing videos at the firing range, pictures and videos of his high school friends, and sharing his conversion to Mormonism. He was also a vocal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1792598812290437125\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"supporter\">supporter<\/a> of former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Malanga returned to the DRC in 2005 to join the military and then attempted to get into politics. He fled back to the U.S. after being arrested during the 2011 elections, continuing his political career among the diaspora.<\/p>\n<p>Posts on his website and Facebook page show him meeting with figures from Mozambique, Sierre Leone, the Republic of Georgia, the Vatican, and former Republican New York Rep. Peter King. His party claimed that the Vatican endorsed his presidency in 2016 during his visit there, though he did not meet the Pope.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, he declared the New Zaire movement, referring to the former name for the Congo under President Mobutu Sese Seko. His profile declined in the ensuing years before dramatically reappearing in Kinshasa on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Malanga and his son were joined by around 50 armed men in military fatigues. The assault on the capital began at around 4 a.m. local time, first targeting the house of a minister previously arrested on corruption charges before moving on to the Palace of the People, the office of President Felix Tshisekedi. Two other residences of government figures were attacked by portions of the force.<\/p>\n<p>After breaching the Palace of the People, Christian Malanga, flanked by his son and a large portion of his force, streamed themselves over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1354911662\/videos\/3741672469411393\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Facebook Live\">Facebook Live<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cGod is great, dear brothers! We, the militants, are tired. We cannot drag on with Tshisekedi and Kamerhe. They have done too many stupid things in this country,\u201d Christian Malanga said in Lingala in the video, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13438323\/congo-coup-attempt-christian-marcel-malanga-mother-innocent.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>translated by<\/a> the <em>Daily Mail<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Other fighters cried \u201cLong live Zaire!\u201d while others said, \u201cFelix, we\u2019re coming for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The building was a strange target, as Tshisekedi wasn\u2019t present at the time of the attack, and the palace itself is mostly ceremonial, news outlet <em>RFI<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfi.fr\/fr\/afrique\/20240519-rdc-situation-confuse-kinshasa-r%C3%A9sidence-de-vital-kamerhe-la-gomb%C3%A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"noted\">noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fighting quickly turned around after the military caught wind of the assault. Armored vehicles were deployed, and other military hardware was used. Ekenge apologized after several rockets flew across the border into the capital of the neighboring Republic of Congo, injuring several people.<\/p>\n<p>Christian Malanga was allegedly shot inside the Palace of the People after resisting arrest. His corpse was sprawled out and posted on social media. The rest of his fighters were quickly arrested.<\/p>\n<p>Marcel Malanga and Zalman-Polun were seen on video being dragged out of a boat, apparently trying to flee across the border to the Republic of Congo.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>This is the moment American mercenaries who participated in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/david-krayden-the-j6-insurrection-fable-is-the-democrats-big-lie\/\" title=\"David Krayden: The J6 Insurrection Fable is the Democrats' Big Lie\">failed coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat<\/a> in Congo were captured by the Military of Congo.<\/p>\n<p>Your comments on this \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iknhSwFx1s\">pic.twitter.com\/iknhSwFx1s<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Africa Archives \u2122 (@Africa_Archives) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Africa_Archives\/status\/1792620383184495093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Local sources quickly blamed the CIA for being behind the coup attempt, something the U.S. was quick to deny.<\/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 U.S. Ambassador Lucy Tamlyn said.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Je suis choqu\u00e9e par les \u00e9v\u00e9nements de ce matin et <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/multiple-americans-arrested-in-african-nation-after-alleged-involvement-in-deadly-coup-attempt-that-left-3-killed\/\" title=\"Several Americans Detained in African Country Following Suspected Role in Fatal Coup, Resulting in 3 Deaths\">tr\u00e8s pr\u00e9occup\u00e9e par les rapports faisant \u00e9tat de citoyens am\u00e9ricains pr\u00e9tendument impliqu\u00e9s<\/a>. 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?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marcel Malanga\u2019s mother, American Brittney Sawyer, pled for the release of her son on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the hate in the world! It\u2019s so sick,\u201d she wrote on\u00a0Facebook. \u201cThis was an innocent boy following his father. I\u2019m so tired of all the videos being post all over and being sent to me. God will take care of you people! Karmas a b****!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salt Lake City car dealer, Christian Malanga, 41, a US citizen since age 15, met a fatal end in Kinshasa. 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