2019 Potosí-Oruro highway attacks explained

In October 2019, Bolivian militants of the then ruling political party of the Movement for Socialism (MAS)[1] ambushed a caravan of miners, students and cooperativists who were heading towards the city of La Paz to join the demonstrations against then-president Evo Morales over alleged electoral fraud[2] during the 2019 Bolivian general election.

Events

On October 20, 2019, different sectors throughout the country joined the citizen protests against Evo Morales.[3] On November 10TH, a caravan of miners and cooperatives from Potosí and students from Sucre left to the city of La Paz with the express intention of joining these protests. Aware of this, armed militants of the Movement for socialism (MAS) intercepted the road and attacked the caravan with the use of dynamite and rocks.[4] They also used firearms at the unarmed protesters.[5] [6] The perpetrators are believed to be government agents authorized by the MAS.[7] Initially, it was reported that four people were injured. Eyewitnesses told the press that among the weapons the MAS militiamen had, were firearms for military use.[8] [9] The protesters captured by the MAS members were also forced to strip naked and declare that they had been paid members of the Pro-Santa Cruz Civic Committee,[10] at that time, part of the opposition of Evo Morales.

Chamber of Deputies President Víctor Borda resigned after protesters set his house in Potosi ablaze and kidnapped his brother as reprisal for the against miners by MAS supporters.[11] After Vice President Álvaro García Linera and Senate President Adriana Salvatierra, this left the country without a constitutional leader.[12]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Masistas emboscan a caravana potosina con armas de fuego. es. 12 September 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191111011253/https://www.paginasiete.bo/nacional/2019/11/10/masistas-emboscan-caravana-potosina-con-armas-de-fuego-236982.html . 2019-11-11 .
  2. Web site: Informe de la OEA sobre Bolivia concluye que hubo "manipulación y parcialidad" en los comicios del 20 de octubre. es. 12 September 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191206115638/https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-50666779 . 2019-12-06 .
  3. Web site: Ataque a cooperativistas mineros fue camuflado. es. 12 September 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200106194439/https://correodelsur.com/seguridad/20191214_ataque-a-cooperativistas-mineros-fue-camuflado.html . 2020-01-06 .
  4. Web site: Brave miners from Potosí attacked by masista snipers. en. 12 September 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200929012831/https://bolivianthoughts.com/2019/11/10/brave-miners-from-potosi-attacked-by-masista-snipers/ . 2020-09-29 .
  5. Web site: Emboscada y ataque criminal a mineros potosinos deja dos heridos de bala. es. 12 September 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191206130510/https://www.opinion.com.bo/articulo/pais/emboscada-ataque-criminal-mineros-potosinos-deja-heridos-bala/20191110133141736356.html . 2019-12-06 .
  6. Web site: Emboscada y ataque criminal a mineros potosinos deja cuatro heridos de bala. es. 12 September 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191217184138/https://www.noticiasfides.com/nacional/seguridad/emboscada-y-ataque-criminal-a-mineros-potosinos-deja-dos-heridos-de-bala-402309 . 2019-12-17 .
  7. Web site: URGENTE: Una caravana fue atacada y hay tres heridos de bala. es. 12 September 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191112050805/https://elpotosi.net/local/20191110_urgente-una-caravana-fue-atacada-y-hay-tres-heridos-de-bala.html . 2019-11-12 .
  8. Web site: Emboscan a segunda caravana que iba de Potosí a La Paz. es. 12 September 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191110231929/https://www.lostiempos.com/actualidad/pais/20191110/emboscan-segunda-caravana-que-iba-potosi-paz . 2019-11-10 .
  9. Web site: Reportan violento ataque a caravana de mineros en Challapata Pampa. es. 12 September 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201123211157/https://erbol.com.bo/nacional/reportan-violento-ataque-caravana-de-mineros-cooperativistas-en-challapata . 2020-11-23 .
  10. Web site: "Masistas" cometieron vejámenes y agresiones. es. 12 September 2020.
  11. Web site: November 10, 2019. Víctor Borda renuncia de manera irrevocable a la presidencia de la Cámara de Diputados. Los Tiempos. Spanish. November 11, 2019.
  12. Web site: Faiola . Anthony . Krygier . Rachelle . Bolivia's Morales resigns amid scathing election report, rising protests . Washington Post . 19 October 2021.

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