Mali putsch leader freed as security crisis rages Former coup leader Amadou Sanogo is freed from detention in Mali, casting doubt on whether a case involving the massacre of 21 soldiers will be resolved. A former army captain, Sanogo and several other plotters had staged a military coup against President Amadou Toumani Toure in the West African country in 2012, after rebels took control of the country's north. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES