CPJ.org: Bogotá, November 4, 2021 – Bolivian authorities must conduct a swift and thorough investigation into the abduction and assault of six journalists by a group of armed men and hold those responsible to account, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On October 28, seven reporters, photographers, and camera operators for several Bolivian media…
Category: Crime and Violence
Avasalladores son una mafia, generan inseguridad ciudadana – Bullies are a mafia, they generate public insecurity
El Diario: In the name of poverty, they enter municipal sites. These groups exert violence as a method of intimidation “The bullies are the ones who destroy, generate public insecurity, there are armed groups, here (La Paz) there are mafia groups that intimidate the neighbors, threaten them, beat them, the bullies have become a national…
Estado, tierras y violencia – State, land and violence
Editorial, Los Tiempos: What happened on Thursday in a rural area of Guarayos, Santa Cruz, is surprising due to the violence with which an irregular armed group took 17 people hostage and tortured them for seven hours, and is extremely concerned because similar events had already occurred recently. more than a month in the same…
Grupos armados en Bolivia – Armed groups in Bolivia
Editorial, Página Siete: In a report published on September 26 of this year, Página Siete warned that in the Guarayos province of Santa Cruz, there are armed groups that intend to settle on community lands and even on productive properties already titled. On that occasion, a council had given 10 days for its dismantling because,…
¡Masismo sinónimo de conflicto! – Masismo synonymous with conflict!
Editorial, Los Tiempos: The imminent conflict over Law 1386 The pause in the mobilizations for the repeal of Law 1386 on the National Strategy to Combat the Legitimization of Illicit Profits could be the preamble to more conflictive days than those prior to the withdrawal of bill 218, just over two weeks ago. In effect,…
Masismo y narcotráfico – Masismo and narcotraffick
Editorial, El Deber: Narcosur, a cartel from PCC in Bolivia The Brazilian press reported this week that Bolivia has become a sanctuary for the so-called “Narcosur”, a drug cartel of the First Command of the Capital (PCC) of that country, the largest criminal organization in Brazil and in all of South America. A report published…
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