August 8, 2022, 5:15 PM
August 8, 2022, 5:15 PM
Plácido Cota, is the name of the young coca grower affiliated with the Chamaca Regional from Los Yungas, who was seriously injured after being affected by the explosion of a dynamite stick on his left side when they were besieged by the Police; Likewise, the Police reported that there are three arrested for this repression.
“He is a patient in critical condition in the post-operative period, he is in intensive care, mortality is very high, greater than 50% This is what the specialists have reported, but since it is the first hours that he is under our care, let’s wait to see how he comes out, ”explained Jael Cazón, the doctor in charge of the Arco Iris hospital who treated the wounded man.
Placido Cota and another group of coca growers confronted the Police near the parallel coca market in an attempt to reach that supply. In the video that circulates on social networks, it is noted that the wounded throw a stone and run backpassing by the side of his partner on his back, the explosion occurs and Placido Cota falls dead.
The coca growers fled the place and no one approached to help the boy, shortly after a dozen policemen approached the place and they only surrounded the wounded and they covered it with plastic because it started to rain in the city of La Paz. He was like that for more than an hour, the coca growers themselves denounced and did not let their colleagues get close.
It was the firemen who picked him up from the scene and they referred him to the Arcoiris hospital, which is the closest to the conflict.
The boy arrived with exposed viscera and a mutilated forearm, which means that he did not have in his hands the dynamite puppy. Dr. Cazón said that the only thing that can be done in this case is to amputate the arm; but her real problem is abdominal trauma.
The Police reported that they have three coca growers arrested for the moment, who will be charged with carrying explosives, given the large number of dynamite puppies that exploded during the gasification that lasted more than two hours.
Police also reported that they have two wounded that they were taken to the police clinic; but they did not report the innumerable minor injuries of the coca growers, since they resorted to first aid among themselves. Head injuries, pellets, blows to the chest, back were reported by the media from various points of the place of confrontation.
At this time, around 5:00 p.m., no major clashes were reported, but the coca growers used the rural radio stations to summon people to come out and close the market that Arnold Alanes opened, which is the cause of this confrontation. Freddy Machicado said that those who use dynamite are the government’s own agitators, because the coca growers do not know how to handle explosives.
