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08/20/2004:

"Accused Mercenary Insists He Was Only A Mine Guard"

An unemployed former South African army sergeant denied knowing of any mission to overthrow Equatorial Guinea’s president, telling a court today he had been recruited to guard a diamond mine and was not a mercenary.

Louis Du Preez is one of 67 people accused in Zimbabwe of being a mercenary hired for a planned coup attempt in the oil-rich West African nation of Equatorial Guinea.

All have pleaded not guilty to charges of trying to buy weapons in Zimbabwe for the alleged coup, saying they knew nothing of any mission to overthrow President Theodoro Obiang Nguema in the former Spanish colony.

Full Article : scotsman.com