The three Americans convicted for participating in a botched coup attempt in Congo last year have been repatriated to the United States, officials say.

The men recently had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment for their role in an attempted coup last May in the central African nation.

Three Americans convicted on charges of participating in a botched coup attempt in the Democratic Republic of Congo last year have been repatriated to the United States days after the country commuted their death sentences to life imprisonment,