'Coup plot mercenaries' cleared of weapons charges
Most of the 70 suspected mercenaries accused of participating in a foiled plot to overthrow the government in Equatorial Guinea were acquitted today of charges that they conspired to buy weapons from Zimbabwe’s state arms manufacturer.
Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe said prosecutors failed to prove their case against 64 men arrested when their ageing Boeing 727 landed at Harare International Airport on March 7 and two others already in Zimbabwe at the time.
