October 30, 2022, 9:27 PM
October 30, 2022, 9:27 PM
The situation worsens in the north of Santa Cruz. The caravan of social organizations related to the MAS, which left El Sujal at 4:30 p.m. and arrived at 6:00 p.m. at the height of the urban area of San Carlos, clashed with the residents of this municipality of Santa Cruz who have joined the unemployment by the census in 2023.
In this regard, both the vice president of the Pro Santa Cruz Committee, Fernando Larach, as the Santa Cruz governor Luis Fernando Camacho, They referred to this act of violence and expressed their support for San Carlos.
The press team of EL DEBER in this place reported that the caravan passed in a line through the blockade point and once it was finished, it regrouped on the other side and returned to confront the settlers. Firecrackers exploded on both sides and stone was thrown. As of 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, no injuries had been reported.
The confrontation lasted two hours, from 18:00 to 20:30. Later, the marchers – who intend move to the Santa Cruz capital to join the MAS ‘fence’ and ask for Camacho’s resignation – they continued towards Buena Vista.
The videos of the moment of the fight record the shouts and screams of both sides. LThe residents of San Carlos reproached the role of the uniformed men who are guarding the column when its function is to protect the security of the general public.
Fernando Larach, vice president of the Committee for Santa Cruz, referred to the confrontation in San Carlos. “We only have images. We are going to go to the Civic Committee to call the province (Ichilo) and find out what is happening and how we can support it,” he said in statements to the Gigavisión network.
In turn, the governor of Santa Cruz lamented the situation that the department is going through. “We are in emergency. There is a radical position of the Government to confront us, to take us to another level that is not a peaceful struggle, as is happening. You have to tell the people that you have to resist, you have to have faith in God,” he told EL DEBER after participating in the mass that took place at the foot of Christ the Redeemer, on the second ring road and north route, in the capital of Santa Cruz.
Referring to the conflict this afternoon in San Carlos, he added: “To our brothers from the province, tell them that we are going to be supporting them and we are going to visit them to give them our support. Don’t lose faith, hope and strength for Santa Cruz and the census.”
