A 21-year-old American man was reportedly on his first ever trip overseas when he got “mixed up” in a failed coup attempt in Congo before appearing in a video to beg for his life — with his fate still unknown.
Fifty people, including three Americans, were detained over a wild plot to overthrow the Congolese government — led by Christian Malanga, 41, who was shot dead in the failed uprising on Sunday.
The US citizens captured over their alleged involvement in the failed effort were identified as Tyler Thompson, 21, convicted marijuana trafficker Benjamin Reuben Zalman-Polun and Malanga’s son, Utah high school football player Marcel Malanga, 21
