Family of Utah man sentenced to death in Congo releases statement

The family of a Utah man who was sentenced to death for his involvement in an attempted coup in Congo.

[alyssabrown-carleton]

Remember: American laws don't apply in other countries. You break their laws, you get their punishment

[claudermiller]

Mothers don't let your kids grow up to be mercenaries.

[JoshuaLewis-qy]

Dude was obviously a wanna be mercenary and now he’s being treated as a mercenary

[justinmarten]

why do some Americans think they can do what ever they want to in other countries with no consequences, and then cry when caught, why was he there in that situation?

[Singularity]

Stop. He was the friend of the son of the leader of the coup, and all of them lived in Utah. There are photos and everything. He was caught with his friend running away after they failed and tried to hide in a river. Him and his friend were wearing tactical gear. So that's a lot of stuff for a vacation 🤔.

[thatguy]

Never a good idea to go to another country and get involved with anything political.

[shawncollins]

I don’t think he was vacationing in the Congo when you look at where they were wearing looking more like a uniform.

[XANSEM]

He should be grateful for such a sentence. A lifetime in a Congo prison is worse than death 😅

[MidgetPunter]

If people from Congo were caught attempting a coup in the US they'd be sentenced to life in prison or death so why do people think it should be ant different fir a US citizen to help with a coup in another country.
Accountability shouldn't be a bad word.

[TheEnigmaticBM]

He found out didn't he? Trying to play real life like an action movie and failed while doing so...

[gumgumdumdum]

If he has been sentenced to death in the Congo. I can guarantee you that sentence is going to be carried out before you can get an appeal done

[gregorygolando]

They got caught doing something they shouldn’t have been doing, now facing the consequences.

[shandlemire]

Don't try to overthrow foreign governments....

[davep]

Why is it there's not one comment in the first 20 i read through mentioning anything about the friend's dad being the exiled leader orchestrating the coup, and got shot when they went to arrest him? Key detail there.

[oddballskull]

All of the reasons ive heard of people going to the congo "vacation" was never one of them

[FkDJT-uthm]

If you play stupid games, be prepared to win stupid prizes.

[Gunzavage]

It was 3 Americans and around 35 other people that got sentenced to death… that doesn’t sound like these people were just “vacationing”

[Itsjustme]

quite obvious he knew what he was getting into. Now you deal with Congo law.

[breezybree]

If it were the other way around. He would be called a terrorist.

[nativestrong]

CIA operative? What was he doing in the Congo?