The country mobilizes to demand the release of Camacho

Trinidad, Sucre, La Paz, Cochabamba march in repudiation of the arrest of the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho. The mobilizations expressed their rejection of the police behavior that for six nights has repressed the Santa Cruz population. From the Committee for Santa Cruz they confirmed a meeting between the main leaders of the moral entity in the country for the next few days.

In Trinidad, a group of citizens held a rally in the main square. With flags in hand and Annoyed by the violence that has been registered for After more than a week in the capital of Santa Cruz, the citizens reproached the actions of the uniformed officers against the protesters.

A similar situation occurred this Tuesday in the country’s capital, Sucre. Hundreds of people gathered in a march that crossed a large part of the city, demanding respect for the rights of Governor Luis Fernando Camacho and an end to the violence that is taking place in Santa Cruz.

“To the Bolivian population and the International Community, we are writing to denounce that the government of Luis Arce Catacora and the MAS are using the argument of a coup d’état to violently attack opposition leaders and the population of Santa Cruz, using the Police Boliviana, the Public Ministry and hooded groups cause anxiety in the city of Santa Cruz”, reads part of the public pronouncement of the Permanent Assembly of Human Rights of Oruro (Apdho).

Likewise, from Tarija the vice president of the Pro Interests Committee, Marco Guaygua, revealed that on Thursday the protest measures will be defined in support of Santa Cruz and based on what a meeting of the national civic movement decides to take place this Wednesday.

“However, yesterday a group of women gathered in public walks in the city of Tarija in repudiation of the government’s actions for the violent arrest of Camacho a week ago,” said David Maygua, correspondent for El Deber in the capital Chapaca.

Meanwhile, the capital of Cochabamba has started recurring marches in favor of the governor and against police repression for a few days. On Tuesday, at the call of the National Committee for the Defense of Democracy (Conade), a massive demonstration took place.

The same situation is experienced in the city of La Paz, where this same Tuesday they launched a call for a blockade on Avenida Arce, in support of the people of Santa Cruz.

A group of self-convened people gathered to demand respect for human rights in the country in the southern area of ​​the Government headquarters. During the concentration, they sang songs typical of the eastern region.

Meeting of civics of the country

On the other hand, it is known that the country’s civics will meet in Santa Cruz to determine the peaceful actions they will carry out in the nine departments in demand for the release of the governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho. It is not yet known when the meeting will take place. Fernando Larach, first vice president of the Committee for Santa Cruz, confirmed that it will be in the Santa Cruz capital.