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The Guardian // World

Simon Mann, mercenary behind failed ‘wonga coup’, dies aged 72

Friday 9th May 2025, 6:17PM

Former SAS officer led a group of 70 who attempted to overthrow Equatorial Guinea’s presidentSimon Mann, an Eton and Sandhurst-educated ex-SAS officer, who led a botched coup involving Margaret Thatcher’s son to overthrow the government of Equatorial Guinea, has died aged 72.Mann led a group of 70 fellow mercenaries who were arrested in Zimbabwe in 2004 for attempting to topple Equatorial Guinea’s despotic president, Teodoro Obiang. Continue reading...

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