The President of Bolivia, Luis Arce, denounced this Friday that “armed groups” Supporters of former President Evo Morales (2006-2019) took possession of three military barracks in the tropics of Cochabamba, the union and political stronghold of the also official leader of the center of the country, and described this act as “betrayal of the country”.
“We denounce to the Bolivian people and the international community that armed groups linked to Evo Morales stormed three military units in the tropical zone of Cochabamba, taking military personnel and their families hostage and threatening their lives,” wrote Arce on the social network. .x.
The president affirmed that the capture of a military installation “by irregular groups anywhere in the world is a crime of treason against the Fatherland” and an “affront” to the Constitution, the armed forces and “the Bolivian people himself, who forcefully rejects the criminal blockades of Evo Morales, as well as these criminal actions.
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