October 17, 2024, 10:48 PM
October 17, 2024, 10:48 PM
The blockades related to former President Evo Morales retained this Thursday two police officers and severely attacked them. One of them was left in critical condition and the other remains detained in the Epizana-Totora area, in the department of Cochabamba.
The uniformed men were detained after confronting the blockaders in the attempt to clear the Epizana road. A video that circulated online shows one of the police officers being interrogated by the blockers.
The two police officers were attacked and one was seriously injured, since He has fractures in his arm, head and allegedly suffered damage to the spine, according to the report of local doctor Ernesto Escalante.
“We have one who has injuries in the spinal region; apparently there is spinal cord involvement, “He has little sensitivity in his lower limbs and also a blow to the head, possibly a fracture,” the doctor told local media.
Only the seriously injured police officer was transferred to an ambulance. to the municipal hospital of Comarapa, because the roads to Totora and Cochabamba are blocked.
According to a report from the National Radio System of the Native Peoples (RPOs), the other uniformed officer attacked remains in the hands of a large group of blockers holding him against his will.
“We are worried about what is happening (…) with these violent actions They want Evo Morales to re-run and cover up all the processes against them,” denounced the communications secretary of the Single Trade Union Confederation of Peasant Workers of Bolivia, Efraín Mollo.
Supporters of Evo Morales meet this Thursday the fourth consecutive day of blockade of roads that focuses on areas of the Tropic of Cochabamba.
Those mobilized demand from the Government annul open criminal proceedings against the coca grower leader, including one for rape and human trafficking, and ensure his presidential candidacy in 2025.
“The institutions called by law must take action in the matter (to restore order). These inhuman acts are intended to make visible that they have strength, through violence they try to impose partisan and political positions and visions of a person on us,” questioned Mollo.
