2008 Mauritanian coup: US-trained soldier, General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, seizes power via military coup: "In 2008, Stars and Stripes reported that Gen. Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, the leader of a coup against Mauritania’s elected president, “has worked with U.S. forces that train in the African country.” Arrested and charged with corruption after a decadelong rule, Aziz was recently released on bail due to ill health."