Wonga Coup
Planned coup in Equatorial Guinea which unravelled on 7 March 2004.
Contents
People
Zimbabwe
Some 70 people were arrested at at Harare International Airport on 7 March 2004, 67 of whom had arrived aboard a Boeing 727 from South Africa.[1]
- Simon Mann
- Harry Carlse
- Lourens Horn
- Victor Dracula
- Niel Steyl
- Simon Witherspoon
- Ken Pain
- Kashama Mazanga
- Raymond Archer[2]
Equatorial Guinea
A number of foreign nationals were arrested in Malabo on 8 March 2004 in connection with the coup attempt.
- Nick Du Toit
- Sérgio Fernando Patrício Cardoso
- Marius Gerhardus Boonzaier "Bone"
- George Olimpic Nunes "Allerson"
- José Passocas Domingos
- Mark Anthony Schmidt
- Samvel Darbinyan
- Ashot Karapetyan
- Samvel Matshkalyan
- Razmik Khachatryan
- Suren Muradyan
- Ashot Simonyan
- Gerhard Eugen Merz
- Abel Augusto
- Américo João Pimentel Ribeiro
Five Equatorial Guinean nationals were arrested between March and June 2004.
- Antonio Javier Nchama
- Agustín Massoko Abegue
- Koldo Martinez Nsang
- Crispin Ntutumu Owono
- Anacleto Oyono Nchama[3]
Canary Islands
South Africa
United Kingdom
- Ely Calil - alleged by Simon Mann to be the key backer of the coup attempt.[6]
References
- ↑ Equatorial Guinea, a trial with too many flaws, Amnesty International, accessed 12 April 2008.
- ↑ The Wonga Coup, Adam Roberts, Profile Books 2006, List of characters, Chapter 17.
- ↑ Equatorial Guinea, a trial with too many flaws, Amnesty International, accessed 12 April 2008.
- ↑ The Wonga Coup, Adam Roberts, Profile Books 2006, pp183-184
- ↑ The Wonga Coup, Adam Roberts, Profile Books 2006, List of characters.
- ↑ From inside Black Beach jail, a chained and shackled Simon Mann names names, by David Pallister, The Guardian, 12 March 2008.
