The Police arrested 56 people and received four complaints during the strike in Santa Cruz

The departmental commander of the Santa Cruz Police, Jhonny Omar Chávez Bascopé, informed in a press conference that during the two days of strike in Santa Cruz, 56 people were arrested in the capital of Santa Cruz, who were released after serving eight hours of imprisonment, with the exception of fourwhich will be brought before a precautionary judge.

In addition to this, as a result of the clashes registered mainly in the area of ​​Plan 3,000, On the last night of the strike, two policemen were injured, the same ones who were transferred to different health centers for treatment.

Questioned about the arrest of four citizens of Plan 3,000, and of not having also captured members of the ranks of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), that in view of the uniformed men they arrived at the blockade points to provoke excesses with firecrackers and violence, the heads of the Santa Cruz Police responded that their purpose is not only to protect the lives of the Santa Cruz people, but also to avoid confrontations.

The actions of the troops left little flavor to a large part of the population, who demanded that they not stop the shock groups that responded to the Minister of Public Works, Edgar Montaño.

“ANDn compliance with your mission constitutional and in order to avoid and protect the security from both sectors, both the blockers and the union sector, transport and pedestrians who passed through the different blockade points, the Bolivian Police has proceeded to the arrest of 56 peopleLikewise, the Felcc dealt with two cases and Diprove received a complaint,” said the police chief.

He stressed that the members of the Police anticipated moving in different points from the city, so that acts of violence are not recorded, a situation that could not be stopped especially in Plan 3,000, as well as sporadic episodes in the Pampa de la Isla, in Los Lotes and in the fourth ring road of Vallegrande avenue.

For his part, the director of the Special Force to Fight Crime (Felcc), Colonel Julio César Cossío, indicated that during the strike they received three complaints, one of them was made by the daughter of the mayor Jhonny Fernández, assuring that a group of people attacked his building with firecrackers, causing destruction and causing panic to her two minor daughters, and putting her health at risk, since she is pregnant.

The second complaint was made by the councilors Lola Terradas and Noemy Centellas, announcing that outsiders were in the Mayor’s building consuming drinks, sleeping and carrying explosives.

Meanwhile, to date, both complaints are under investigation where those assigned to the case seek to collect evidence and identify the people involved in the events.

And a third complaint received by the Felcc was on Tuesday, August 9 at 9:30 p.m., a claim that states that in Plan 3,000 a A group of people attacked police officers with firecrackers, sticks and blunt objects, leaving two officers injured.

Cossío assured that four people were apprehended in this case, the same ones who will be brought before a precautionary judge to define their legal situation.

On the other hand, in the Vehicle Theft Prevention Division (Diprove), the director Carlos Alcázar indicated that an official from the Mayor’s Office denounced the theft of a truck dependent on the institution, the same one that would have been stolen at three in the morning on Monday, August 8.

“He mentions that the incident occurred at 3:00 in the vicinity of the La Campana market, on Avenida 30 de Octubre, when he was carrying out his duties as a control of the sale of beverages. alcoholic. In his complaint, the driverdetails that it was intercepted at a point They took him out of the vehicle and took his cell phone and his wallet,” he said.

According to the lawsuit, the victim of the alleged theft of the white truck indicates that He only managed to file the complaint at 5:12 p.m. on Monday, that is, 14 hours after the fact, because he did not have his documents or mobility data.

“More than eight actions were requested by means of a fiscal requirement to clarify the case,” said the head of Diprove, among which are the security cameras from different areas, the videos that circulated on the networks will be analyzed where the truck involved in excesses is observed, investigating its route, among others.