Trial Date Set for 70 Accused of Plotting Coup
From Times Wire Reports
Seventy suspected mercenaries detained in Zimbabwe on charges of plotting to topple the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea will go on trial July 19, state prosecutors said.
The men, all South African citizens, were arrested in March after their plane landed in Harare en route to what Zimbabwean officials said was a mission to oust Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
The suspects have denied the charges, saying they were heading to Congo to guard mining operations.
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