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The chancellery of bolivian filed a diplomatic complaint against a Chilean and another Spanish deputy, who was notified of the expulsion when he was leaving the country, for incurring in internal interference after they advocated for the opponent and governor of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camachopreventively imprisoned for a denunciation of terrorism.
The party deputy vox from Spain, Victor Gonzalez, in a Twitter account denounced that he was expelled from Bolivia. “Already sitting inside the plane, two agents have very correctly informed me that I am expelled from Bolivia”, he published on his social network profile. “Cuba, Nicaragua and now Bolivia are the countries that deny me entry”. The parliamentarian published photos of the document that indicated “mandatory departure notice”.
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González and his Chilean counterpart Luis Fernando Sanchez, from the Republican Party, arrived in the country over the weekend and were in Santa Cruz and La Paz. Sánchez’s whereabouts could not be immediately confirmed.
#Bolivia Already sitting inside the plane, two agents have very correctly informed me that I am expelled from Bolivia. #Cuba, #Nicaragua and now #boliva are the countries that deny me entry.
if it works for what @LuchoXBolivia have mercy on @LuisFerCamachoV welcome be. pic.twitter.com/JkVjGwbdYT– Victor González (@vicpiedra) January 4, 2023
The legislators were invited by the Civic Committee of Santa Cruzcritical of the government, so that they can see the situation in which Camacho was detained, who has been in preventive detention since last Friday with charges for alleged terrorism related to the political-social crisis of 2019, in which the then resigned President Evo Morales and which left 36 dead.
Both foreign deputies tried to visit the governor in the Chonchocoro prison, some 60 kilometers south of La Paz, but were denied entry.
Shortly before the expulsion of the Spanish deputy from Vox, the Bolivian vice chancellor Freddy Momani He was consulted about the actions of the two parliamentarians. Without referring to the document published by the Spaniard, the vice chancellor mentioned that both parliamentarians entered with tourist visas and claiming to be from a special mission. But, the official specified, “without the authorization of their congresses, their assemblies”.
“Yesterday we formalized the communications through diplomatic channels to raise this complaint but fundamentally that these two deputies have assumed a political role of meddling in internal affairsMomani added.
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The wife of Luis Fernando Camacho, fatima sanchez, and representatives of the Santa Cruz government arrived in a caravan of cars at the Chonchocoro prison in the middle of a vigil by a group of Aymara indigenous people called Ponchos Rojos who are critical of the governor. The indigenous people allowed the procession to pass, but they clarified that they will not do it with other people who are not relatives and lawyers.
Sánchez also did not receive authorization to visit her husband, the governor of the province of Santa Cruz. The opposition leader has been in pretrial detention in a maximum security prison for five days on terrorism charges. His arrest has sparked street protests, vigils and blockades.
The governor’s wife arrived on Wednesday morning in a van with dark windows – without giving any statement. Although she waited to be let in, she did not receive authorization from her because the governor is in isolation.
But upon her arrival at the El Alto airport, neighboring La Paz, Sánchez expressed that she is concerned about her husband’s health. “I have come to visit him, to see what condition he is in, to see how his health is.”, without indicating if he had already requested permission to enter.
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Camacho suffers from hypogammaglobulinemia, a selective deficiency of immunoglobulins or antibodies in the blood, and from Churg-Strauss syndromewhich is characterized by inflammation of the blood vessels, explained the Secretary of Health of the governorate of Santa Cruz, Edil Toledo. The government assured on Tuesday that the detainee is being treated in prison and that his condition is “stable.”
The Governor’s Management Advisor, efrain suarezhe stated that they requested a visit permit in the same prison but that “due to a health procedure to the governor, entry is not being authorized”. “But we will continue trying, tomorrow and when necessary, because he is still the governor and we are going to inform him of the activities of his office.”, he added.
Source: Elcomercio
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