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A federal grand jury in Minnesota sued two naturalized American citizens of the Republic of Cameroon for their careful planning of abduction. Bombs and killings In their homeland.
Benedict Nwana Kuah, 51, and Pascal Kikishy Wongbi, 52, were arrested on Friday morning Minnesota Region The Justice Department said it faces additional charges of conspiracy to kill, kidnap, cereal and harm people abroad, conspiring to provide material support or resources, and conspiring to launder money tools.
Kuah also charged three counts of providing material support or resources, conspiracy to commit hostages and conspiracy to use Weapons of mass destruction Outside the United States
The individuals made their first appearance and were detained at detention hearings scheduled for September 10 and 11.
The so-called attack occurred in Cameroon, a country in Central Africa. (Associated Press)
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According to the indictment, Kuah and Wongbi allegedly held leadership positions in the Anbazania Defence Force (ADF), a separatist militia trying to establish an independent state in Cameroon.
The two allegedly used their positions to raise funds and provide funds for the purchase of weapons, and directed accomplices in Cameroon to kidnap, bomb and kill civilians, Government officialsand members of the security forces to intimidate civilians and coerce the Cameroonian government to recognize its legitimacy.
Since 2017, the two people are said to have Cameroon’s accomplice The indictment states that for weapons and explosives, command attacks, killing, injured or kidnapped civilians. In 2022, combatants kidnapped a government official and released a propaganda video.
The two allegedly sent thousands of dollars to Cameroon’s accomplices in search of weapons and explosives and directed the attacks that killed civilians, wounded or held hostages.
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Kuah allegedly helped plan an attack on a regional governor in 2023 and exploded in the Mount Cameroon race, hoping to hurt 19 people. That same year, a Kuah-appointed commander was accused of killing two unarmed civilians in the market square, while Wongbi appeared in a promotional video for the release of threats.
In 2024, Kua approved the operational plan for the funding and youth celebration bombing that killed a 15-year-old girl and dozens of other children were injured.
The two allegedly targeted several civilians in Cameroon.
The indictment further accused Kuah and Wongbi of raising funds online to support their business, including an event called “Taking Over Fund” and “Operation 200ak” that solicited donations from AK-47 rifles and explosives.
Officials said Kuah appeared in multiple videos, urging supporters to fund the purchase of weapons and ammunition.
If convicted, these people face a maximum statutory penalty.
Matthew Galeotti, acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Department of Criminal Department, said the two used the United States as a “base of operations that caused the deaths of innocent civilians, terror and pain.”
Joseph Thompson, an American attorney for the Minnesota area, added that the state is “not a launch pad for overseas violence.”
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“The defendants operate comfortably in the living room of Minnesota, causing violence and suffering half the world’s abuses,” Thompson wrote in a statement. “They ordered kidnappings, bombs and murders. Their crimes were offensives by American law and basic humanity. Cameroon became a safer place because of this lawsuit.”
The Justice Department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
