plotter

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According to Fox News and other US media, five people have been arrested and investigators have identified 23 people in a "potential network of plotters" who communicated in a Signal group chat.

From Barron's • Jun. 16, 2026

Tévoédjrè told his men to hold their fire unless the plotters turned toward the president’s house.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

In Cotonou, Tigri and the bulk of the plotters tried to seize President Talon and strategic state institutions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

Flores met Maduro in the early 1990s, when - as a young up-and-coming lawyer - she took on the defence of the plotters of the failed 1992 coup attempt.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

By the next day, the plotters lost their nerve and the coup fizzled.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau