The department of Cruce is disconnected from Beni and Cochabamba due to two blockades, one in the municipality of Guarayos and another in Buena Vista. Both pressure measures will continue this Thursday, but the protesters have different requests and hope that the relevant authorities will meet their demands.
In Guarayos, the blockade was installed near the community of San Antonio del Junte, after over the weekend Franklin Delgadillo, 22, lost his life, product of a gunshot during a confrontation between two groups of people, who dispute the land in the La Estrella community, illegally settled on the property of the Jewish-American Jacob Ostreicher.
This Thursday, the peasants will maintain the measure for the fifth consecutive day pressure and not only demand to find those responsible for the death of Delgadillo, but a response from the authorities of the national government, to resolve the conflicts over the possession of the properties in the area.
Given this measure of pressure, hundreds of vehicles are stranded on the road and there are many people who have been unable to reach their destination, although some travelers choose to pay another ticket and make a transfer.
The blockade in Buena Vista was installed this Wednesday/Photo Soledad Prado
From the Santa Cruz Bus Terminal They indicated that departures continue to be suspended to the department of Beni until the conflict is resolved and the highway is clear.
Blockade in Buena Vista
In the northern zone of Santa Cruz there are members of the Buena Vista school boards who installed the blockade as a protest measure against their mayor Teodoro Gonzales.
This measure comes after the municipal authority filed a complaint with the Police for the crimes of impeding or hindering the exercise of their functions and serious and minor injuries and threats against representatives of the school board who requested the family basket.
For this reason, the school leaders determined to carry out an indefinite roadblock from this Wednesday and through a decisive vote they determined to reject the denounced by González for “imaginary crimes” and demand the immediate withdrawal of it.
In addition, they ratify their demand for the student basket for school management 2022, which hUntil now it has not been delivered in this Santa Cruz municipality. They ask the municipal Executive to carry out the necessary actions to consolidate the budget.
The leaders of the Buena Vista school boards plan to give a two-hour break to the blockade on the road to Cochabamba to midnight so that stranded vehicles can reach their destination. Then, the pressure measure will be resumed until Mayor Teodoro Gonzáles attends to their demands, according to EL DEBER.