Utah Teens Recruited for a Congo Coup

• 31:44A prominent Congolese opposition leader's son turned down a six-figure offer to be a security detail in what became a failed coup.
• 32:58Marcel Malanga, 21, and his high school football teammate Tyler Thompson were arrested after an attack on the presidential palace in Kinshasa.
• 33:50A FedEx worker was offered $50,000 to $100,000 to spend four months in the Congo as security but declined to spend the summer with his girlfriend instead.
• 34:19Tim on having a summer job that involves overthrowing a government as a vacation activity for rich guys with money.
• 35:03The coup leader tried recruiting his kid's loser friends from Utah to help overthrow an African government together.
• 35:39Tim explains he never wanted to work because poor people are the ones who actually work, always fidgeting and getting no recognition.
• 36:15He wouldn't travel to the Congo as a security guard even for his best friend, calling the father a nut.
• 36:58Tyler Thompson's parents told the news their son was invited to travel through Africa with his long-time friend Marcel.
• 37:41Tim describes the boy's lesbian mothers excitedly telling everyone in the community that their son was in the Congo, bringing it up at every party and bakery.
• 38:19If you try for a coup you have to win—the CIA succeeded when they killed Kennedy, but failure would have been worse.

Marcel MalangaChristian MalangaTyler ThompsonCongo coupCIAFélix TshisekediBud Monster