January 19, 2023, 4:00 AM
January 19, 2023, 4:00 AM
The Prosecutor’s Office ordered the arrest of Gary Gonzales, leader of the Cruceñista Youth Union (UJC) of Plan Three Thousand. He was charged with serious and minor injuries that occurred in confrontations with “morning” merchants in December.
gonzales He went to testify, but the Public Ministry chose to apprehend him. Neighbors and relatives of the unionist set up a vigil at the doors of the Special Force to Fight Crime (Felcc). This Thursday, a judge will define whether or not he will send him to preventive detention.
Meanwhile, the lawyer for the Santa Cruz Chamber of Industry, Commerce, Services and Tourism (Cainco), Silvestre Ibáñez, reported that The Police identified the son of councilor José Quiroz (MAS) as one of those responsible for the attack on the business building on November 11.
The lawyer reported that R. Quiroz was summoned on Tuesday, but “he presented a medical leave for three days”. For this reason, his statement was rescheduled for Monday the 23rd, although that day is a holiday for the anniversary of the Plurinational State.
Councilor Juan Carlos Medrano, from the Autonomous Community (CA) alliance, questioned the “discretionary” way in which the Public Ministry acts. “José Quiroz’s son is free, while a unionist was detained.”
The president of the Municipal Council, Israel Alcócer (UCS), pointed out that this It is an issue that must be resolved by the authorities of the Prosecutor’s Office.
Gonzales appeared to testify in the Special Force to Fight Crime (Felcc) of the Santa Cruz capital, before the complaint that was initiated by the leader of the ‘morning’ merchants, René Troncoso.
The people who bet on the Felcc remembered that the union leader harangued with the call of “civil war” in a protest that took place in the context of the 36-day census strike in Santa Cruz
From the police cell The unionist wrote a note in which he thanked the support and declared himself “a political prisoner for thinking differently.” He encouraged the president of the Committee for Santa Cruz, Rómulo Calvo, and Governor Luis Fernando Camacho to continue in the fight and assured that he is “with his head held high.” From the MAS, they highlighted the arrest.
In the case of the son of councilor Quiroz, the Police identified the wagon green from the Mitsubishi brand and with a 1780-TXI control board that reached the front of Torres Cainco on November 11. The vehicle brought with it a small trailer that transported used tires and several dry branches. LThe occupants of the vehicle used the branches to light a fire right at the entrance of the building and threw the tires to stoke the fire.
Cainco’s lawyer, Silvestre Ibáñez, said that it is certain that the wagon is owned by R. Quiroz, whom he held responsible for the damage caused to the front of the business building, on November 11, 2022. “A split from the Iitcup (Institute for Technical-Scientific Research of the Police University) in addition to the fact that the plate (1780-TXI) was identified ”, he detailed.
These investigations reveal, for example, that the motorized one left Santa Cruz for Cochabamba, the same November 11, fueled up in that city. Subsequently, the wagon, enabled for CNG and gasoline, recharged in Oruro.
The vehicle “is in the name of another person, who has already testified as a witness and attached the transfer of the vehicle to the Quiroz family and now It is in the possession of R. Quiroz”accurate.
José Quiroz said that his son will go to testify, but he questioned the role of the Public Ministry in this case. “They should not accept that complaint because it is not a crime to protest; it is not a crime to throw a tires. In addition, they were neighbors who were tired of unemployment and were within their rights, ”he justified.
