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Arrest of Simon Mann

Great Britain · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

2009

Simon Mann3 November 2009

Warfare / Military

British mercenary Simon Mann, convicted of attempting to overthrow Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema in a failed coup in 2004, receives a presidential pardon and is released

Names involved

Simon Mann

Provenance

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