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| − | The [[Luanda Mercenary Trial]] took place in Luanda, Angola from 11 June to 28 June 1976.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/11/newsid_2510000/2510947.stm 1976: Mercenaries trial begins in Angola], On this Day - 11 June, BBC News, accessed 1 July 2010.</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/28/newsid_2520000/2520575.stm 1976: Death sentence for mercenaries], On This Day - 28 June, BBC News, accessed 1 July 2010.</ref> It involved 13 | + | The [[Luanda Mercenary Trial]] took place in Luanda, Angola from 11 June to 28 June 1976.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/11/newsid_2510000/2510947.stm 1976: Mercenaries trial begins in Angola], On this Day - 11 June, BBC News, accessed 1 July 2010.</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/june/28/newsid_2520000/2520575.stm 1976: Death sentence for mercenaries], On This Day - 28 June, BBC News, accessed 1 July 2010.</ref> It involved 13 foreign mercenaries who had been captured by Angolan government forces while fighting for the [[National Liberation Front of Angola|FNLA]] in February 1976.<ref>Marvine Howe, New York Times, 6 June 1976, page 13, Column 1.</ref> |
==Defendants== | ==Defendants== | ||
Revision as of 19:53, 1 July 2010
The Luanda Mercenary Trial took place in Luanda, Angola from 11 June to 28 June 1976.[1][2] It involved 13 foreign mercenaries who had been captured by Angolan government forces while fighting for the FNLA in February 1976.[3]
Defendants
- Gary Martin Acker
- Daniel Francis Gearhart
- Gustavo Marcelo Grillo
- Andrew Gordon McKenzie
- John Derek Barger
- Malcolm MacIntyre
- Cecil Martin Fortuin
- Kevin John Marchant
- Michael Douglas Wiseman
- John Lawlor
- Colin Clifford Evans
- Costas Georgiou
- John James Nammock[4]
Notes
- ↑ 1976: Mercenaries trial begins in Angola, On this Day - 11 June, BBC News, accessed 1 July 2010.
- ↑ 1976: Death sentence for mercenaries, On This Day - 28 June, BBC News, accessed 1 July 2010.
- ↑ Marvine Howe, New York Times, 6 June 1976, page 13, Column 1.
- ↑ Marvine Howe, New York Times, 6 June 1976, page 13, Column 1.
