A second policeman died Wednesday during the confrontations recorded in the Andean region of Potosí With the followers of former President Evo Morales who block several roads for ten days to force their candidacy for August elections, authorities reported.
Police published the Obituario of the Lieutenant Carlos Enrique Apata Tola“who died in compliance with duty”, in the midst of the conflict in the town of Llallagua, in the north of Potosí.
The institution before confirmed the death of the subtenitant Brayan Jorge Barrozo Rodríguezwho was also part of the road unlock operation in Llallagua.
The Deputy Minister of Internal Regime and Police, Jhonny AguileraHe told the local media that there is also a “seriously” captain, “product of these aggressions with firearms.”
The president of Bolivia, Luis ArceHe ordered the police to lift the blockages and said that Morales seeks to shorten his mandate to promote his presidency candidacy that, he added, is “unconstitutional“.
“We have information on a fence that these people intend to do mobilized for (reasons) political (…) We are waiting for the reinforcement of the armed forces, “said Aguilera.
The Minister of Health, María Renée Castrohe informed that 52 people were injured From the eve, between “officials of the Mayor’s Office of Llallagua, neighbors, police and blockers”.
Also denounced that there are More people wounded “outside the fence of the blockade that cannot access the hospital. “
For its part, the State Attorney General, Roger Mariacareported that a commission of prosecutors investigates “The violent facts” raised in Laldagua for the crimes of serious and minor injuries, destruction or deterioration of state assets and national wealth.
The departmental prosecutor of Potosí, Gonzalo Aparicioconfirmed the use of firearms by the loyal to Morales at the blocking points and also investigates whether there are hostage police.
Another conflicting sector is Parotanilocated in the central region of Cochabamba 40 kilometers from the homonymous city, where the police and the army activated an operation to clear the road that leads to the west early.
During those road clearance actions, Two police officers were injured with serious injuries In the skull product of explosive detonations.
“We have two police officers in parotani who have been injured, the surprising thing is the first case. a hood that was affected by an explosive objecttherefore, the affectation was impact, the patient is in a critical state under observation, “said the Minister of Health.
A second agent presents A wound in the neck and several bruises in the bodyaccording to the medical report of the hospital where both police officers are attended.
Also, in Cochabamba dozens of women who are police wives And other relatives marched to ask for guarantees for the agents who are in the different blocks, they also demanded that the government of Luis Arce be provided with safety equipment such as antibala vests, helmets and others to protect them.
Arce ordered Wednesday the road unlock That for 10 days they were taken by the followers of Morales, who seeks to force their presidential candidacy, and warned that this action will cause a “rebellion.”
For these events, the Prosecutor’s Office investigates Morales for eight crimes, including terrorism, from an audio released last week attributed to him, in which he allegedly instructs his loyal sectors to make A “fence” to the city of La Paz by blockages.
Morales insists on being a candidate despite not having a party since Constitutional Court (TCP) He recently confirmed that re -election in the country is allowed “for once continuously”, without the possibility of a third mandate, and he already ruled the country in three periods.
