Cherno Njie , 57 , of Austin , Texas , and Papa Faal , 46 , of Brooklyn Center , Minnesota , face charges . They were arrested on Friday after a federal grand jury in Minneapolis indicted them for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists by providing money or services that would have been used to carry out an attack against the United Faal was part of coup attempt , while Njie was expected to become nation 's leader . Njie , who the criminal complaint says was expected to become Gambia 's interim leader if the coup had prevailed , and Faal both traveled to the West African nation in December to overthrow the government , according to the criminal complaint . Conspirators shipped at least 24 guns to Gambia , along with other equipment for operation , feds say .
Cherno Njie , 57 , of Austin , Texas , and Papa Faal , 46 , of Brooklyn Center , Minnesota , face charges . They were arrested on Friday after a federal grand jury in Minneapolis indicted them for conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists by providing money or services that would have been used to carry out an attack against the United Faal was part of coup attempt , while Njie was expected to become nation 's leader . Conspirators shipped at least 24 guns to Gambia , along with other equipment for operation , feds say .