Social sectors of the municipality of Pailón established a 24-hour period for the road blockade maintained by groups of self-convened people and authorities of the Chiquitania to be lifted. The blockade was installed in compliance with the resolutions approved in the Cruceñidad Assembly.
The mobilized demand the release of the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, who was detained by the police on December 28. The Prosecutor’s Office accuses the authority of leading an alleged coup against the former president, Evo Morales.
María del Carmen Paraba, vice president of Social Control of Pailón, announced a 24-hour deadline for this pressure measure to be lifted. Paraba made it clear that even other sectors will not be allowed to block like the peasants, intercultural related to the Government in case it is available from their bases.
“Enough of the blockade here in Pailón, the institutionality has said, because many have taken our municipality as a point of blockade”, said the leader.
The detention of the authority united the towns of the Chiquitania and their authorities, among them the deputy governors, in a measure of pressure that has been maintained for 10 days.
From the point of blockade, they reported that the measure will continue and that merchants, trucks that bring chicken, fuel and those that bring cattle to the city are allowed to pass. Moreover, Dany Padilla, spokesperson for the group, stated that they have not received any resolution from social control.
Marta Romero, representative of the merchants who hold a fair in the area every Sunday, explained that it will be allowed to circulate on Thursday and Sunday to facilitate the supply of food.
Not only the road to Chiquitania is blocked. The railway line was also obstructed by the self-convened and authorities of this region who They demand the release of the Santa Cruz authority.
Related sectors of the MAS also spoke out about the blockade that persists in San Carlos, the main route to Cochabamba. In this case, they announced a 72-hour period to remove the blockade, a period that ends tomorrow.
