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Guinea-Bissau coup plotter flees Guinea-Bissau coup plotter held
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The alleged leader of a coup attempt in Guinea-Bissau last week has escaped to the Gambia, the armed forces say. The alleged leader of a coup attempt in Guinea-Bissau last week has been arrested in the Gambia, officials say.
Rear Adm Americo Bubo Na Tchuto evaded house arrest in Guinea-Bissau. AFP news agency reports that he was detained shortly after entering the Gambia. Rear Adm Americo Bubo Na Tchuto earlier escaped from house arrest in Guinea-Bissau, travelling to the neighbouring country by sea, Gambian officials said.
Mr Na Tchuto is suspected of asking senior officers for help in ousting President Joao Bernardo Vieira. The navy chief is suspected of asking senior officers for help in ousting President Joao Bernardo Vieira.
The former Portuguese colony is in the throes of a political crisis that has seen the president dissolve parliament.The former Portuguese colony is in the throes of a political crisis that has seen the president dissolve parliament.
That decision came a month after one of Guinea-Bissau's three main parties quit the unity government.That decision came a month after one of Guinea-Bissau's three main parties quit the unity government.
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Mr Na Tchuto, the West African nation's navy chief, had last Thursday telephoned several top officers, including the army's chief-of-staff, to request their assistance in his plan to depose the president, according to an army spokesman. Last Thursday, Mr Na Tchuto telephoned several top officers to request their assistance in his plan to depose the president, an army spokesman said.
He was put under house arrest but escaped on Monday, travelling to the Gambia by sea, the armed forces said. He was put under house arrest but escaped to the Gambia on Monday, where he was reportedly arrested shortly after his arrival.
He was reportedly arrested there by Gambian officials shortly after his arrival. Guinea-Bissau, one of the world's poorest countries, has a history of coups.
Guinea-Bissau, one of the world's poorest countries, is no stranger to coups.
President Vieira first came to power on the back of a military coup in 1980, while he was head of the armed forces.President Vieira first came to power on the back of a military coup in 1980, while he was head of the armed forces.
He was toppled in 1999 but returned to win the presidency as an independent in 2005.He was toppled in 1999 but returned to win the presidency as an independent in 2005.