Following the military uprising in Boliviaa commission of prosecutors and the Special Force to Fight Crime (FELCC) of the local police registered in the last hours 12 military headquarters, including the Army General Staff headquartersto investigate the fact.
Likewise, the tankettes used to carry out the attempted assault on the Government Palace in Murillo Square in the centre of La Paz, according to the Bolivian press.
Minutes later, the dismissed former Army commander Juan José Zúñiga, accused of leading the military operation against President Luis Arce, Along with two other soldiers, they were transferred this Saturday to the maximum security prison in Chonchocoro for serve preventive detention by the military uprising.
During the police operation, a “large quantity” of ammunition in vehicles and audio recordings with conversations between the officers involved.
The court requested preventive detention of Zuniga
The Bolivian justice ordered this Friday the preventive detention for six months to Juan José Zúñiga, Juan Arnez and Alejandro Irahola, accused of leading the “Coup attempt” against the Bolivian government. The Prosecutor’s Office charged them with crimes of armed uprising and terrorismand could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.
“This preventive detention that the judge is ordering will undoubtedly set a precedent, and is a good sign for this investigation to continue moving forward,” said the prosecutor. Cesar Sileswho acts as attorney for the State.
Zúñiga, former Army commander; the vice admiral Juan Arnez, former head of the Navy (Navy); and Alejandro Iraholaformer head of the Army’s mechanized brigade, will be held in a maximum security prison on the outskirts of El Alto, a city neighboring La Paz.
Although the hearing was virtual, dozens of protesters gathered outside the prosecutor’s office and the police station where Zúñiga is being held, in La Paz, with pro-democracy signs.
Source: Ambito
