By William Herrera Áñez, El Dia: The infiltration of drug trafficking and corruption within the Bolivian police seem to have turned the “verde olivo” into a “threat” to society and the State itself. The way Captain Aldunate Meneses was killed resembles a typical drug cartel execution. What makes this case unique is that he was…
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Francisco Marupa: A crime against a tireless defender of indigenous territory and the environment | Un crimen contra un defensor incansable del territorio indígena y del medioambiente
By Los Tiempos: More Than 80 Institutions Demand Justice for Marupa’s Murder Accused of Marupa’s Death Sent to Prison | APG Eighty organizations, institutions, and civil society networks, both national and international, demanded yesterday the clarification of the murder of indigenous leader and defender Francisco Marupa. They called for legal sanctions against both the “material…
Not arrested because he is feared | No lo apresan porque le tienen miedo
By Manfredo Kempff Suárez, Eju.tv: The great independent ayllu of Chapare If the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, had refused to respond to a judicial summons for any trivial accusation against him, he would have been declared defiant and contemptuous of the law. The Bolivian Police, Armed Forces, and MAS militias residing in…
After the revelation that an “elite group” protects Evo, senator suggests calling in the Army | Tras revelarse que “grupo de élite” protege a Evo, senadora sugiere convocar al Ejército
By Brujula Digital: MAS senator Ana María Castillo suggested calling in the Army to enforce the laws in Chapare, where an elite group is allegedly protecting former president Evo Morales, who has an outstanding arrest warrant. Arcista Senator Ana María Castillo. Photo: Brújula Digital After it was revealed that former president Evo Morales is being…
El expresidente de Bolivia enfrenta arresto por presunta relación con menor | Bolivia’s ex-President faces arrest over alleged relationship with minor
Por Snehil Singh, News Bytes: El exmandatario boliviano Evo Morales tiene una orden de aprehensión emitida en octubre por el delito de “trata de personas” relacionado con una menor de 15 años. Los fiscales alegan que Morales tuvo un hijo con la menor en 2016. Sin embargo, la orden no se ha ejecutado debido a…
Chills in the MAS | Escalofríos en el MAS
Editorial, El Dia: More than one in the MAS regime must have felt chills after the separate statements made by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) administrator and the Southern District of New York prosecutor, Damian Williams, who is leading the case against Bolivia’s former anti-narcotics chief, Maximiliano Dávila, recently extradited. Anne Milgram made it…
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