Pakistani Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, considered the "mastermind" behind the attacks of September 11, 2001 and detained at the US military base Guantanamo, has agreed to a sentence with the US authorities, the Pentagon said yesterday, quoted by France Press and BTA.
The deal will allow Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to avoid a trial where he could face the death penalty. Instead, he will remain in prison for life, the New York Times reported.
The agreement reached applies to two other defendants, Walid bin Atash and Mustafa al-Houssawi, who have been held at Guantanamo Bay for two decades.
The detainees are accused of terrorism and the murder of nearly 3,000 people in the attacks in New York and Washington.
In March 2022, lawyers for the detainees confirmed that negotiations were underway for a possible sentence agreement instead of them facing the military tribunal at Guantanamo Bay.
The defendants wanted a guarantee that they would remain at Guantanamo and not be transferred to a federal prison on the American continent, where they would end up in solitary confinement.