Tension in Bolivia: opponents repudiate the arrest of Luis Fernando Camacho and ask for his release

The arrest of the governor of Santa Cruz and Bolivian opposition leader, Luis Fernando Camachowas repudiated by the opposition that has demanded his release, while some authorities of the Government of President Luis Arce have celebrated his arrest.

The apprehension of camacho occurred after noon this Wednesday in Santa Cruzthe largest Bolivian region and main stronghold of the opposition, when he was returning to his home and was intercepted by armed police officers dressed as civiliansaccording to his supporters.

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The former president and leader of the opposition Comunidad Ciudadana (CC), Carlos Mesa, considered that Camacho’s arrest was a “violent kidnapping” that it is “outrageous” because it “violates constitutional principles” and human rights.

The operation “shows once again the Government’s decision to continue the persecution of opposition leaders, under any legal disguise. He must be released immediately, ”he remarked on his Twitter account.

“INTERNATIONAL ALERT from #Bolivia: Police violently apprehend the Governor of #SantaCruz @LuisFerCamachoV,” former president (2001-2002) Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga also wrote on Twitter.

The opposition businessman and several times candidate for the Presidency of Bolivia, Samuel Doria Medina, expressed his “repudiation” of the “violent apprehension” of Camacho and urged that “the government should dedicate itself to the economy and not the persecution.”

The governor is accused of terrorism related to the 2019 crisis due to the frustrated elections of that year and the allegations of fraud, which led to protests and the subsequent resignation of then-President Evo Morales, who denounced a “coup d’état in his against.

In addition to this process, there are also numerous complaints from the ruling party, such as the 36-day strike carried out in Santa Cruz between October and November of this year to demand the prompt completion of the population census.

“The prayers of all the victims of the 2019 coup and the strikes of Mr. #Camacho were heard, and now, in his condition as apprehended, we hope that he answers for the crimes that he is accused of, “ The Minister of Public Works, Édgar Montaño, expressed on his social networks.

For his part, the state attorney, Wilfredo Chávez, who was a lawyer for Morales, called for “justice” and urged that the judicial level “must operate on this subject.”

The arrest of camacho responds to “compliance with an arrest warrant,” the Minister of the Interior (Interior), Eduardo del Castillo, confirmed on Twitter, minutes after learning of the operation.

So far there has been no complementary report from the government authorities and there is no news of the whereabouts of the governor from Santa Cruz.

After the arrest, several of his supporters entered the runway and the offices of the Viru Viru International Airport and El Trompillo in Santa Cruz, given the probability that Camacho would be transferred to La Paz, which caused the suspension of flights in those terminals.

Source: Elcomercio

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