Soldiers from José Eduardo dos Santos' M.P.L.A.
(Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola)
Created in 1956 to obtain the country's independence, it took power in 1975 and reigned under single-party rule, creating a state of civil war with Jonas Savimbi's U.N.I.T.A.
In 2000, the son of French President François Mitterand, Jean Christophe Mitterand, then head of the Cellule Africaine created to keep control of the former colonies, was accused of participating in a $ 790.000.000 illicit weapon sales in favor of the M.P.L.A. that took place in Angola in 1994.
In court, Jean-Christophe Mitterand recognized having being paid $1.800.000 for his implication in this sale.
He received a deferred sentence of 2 years of imprisonment and a 370.000 euros fine.
In other words, he didn't do any jail time and could keep $1.300.000.
These weapons were used to kill between 500.000 and 1.000.000 people.
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