Government Threatens to Execute 60 Detainees
From Times Wire Reports
Zimbabwe threatened to execute about 60 suspected mercenaries detained this week and accused U.S., British and Spanish spy agencies of involvement in a plot to topple Equatorial Guinea’s government.
Associates of the men say they are innocent mine guards swept up in a misunderstanding.
Equatorial Guinea, which has arrested what it called an advance party of 15 mercenaries, said “enemy powers” and multinational companies had been plotting against it. U.S. and Spanish officials denied the allegation.
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