The former president of Bolivia Evo Morales (2006-2019) denounced this Sunday that the vehicle that was taking him to the station where he usually hosts his weekend program was shot 14 times, by unknown parties, which wounded the politician’s driver.
The former president declared to the coca radio station Kawsachun Coca that the pursuit of his vehicle by two others in which the attackers were traveling occurred at 6:25 in the morning local time (10:25 GMT) on the route between the town of Villa Tunari and Lauca ÑÑ, in the Tropics of Cochabamba.
Morales said that he observed that two or three trucks were following his car, so his driver “diverted” his route, but the chase did not stop. “That’s when I realized it was an operation,” he mentioned.
“It surprised me, happily we saved our lives,” said the former governor who said he had counted at least 14 shots.
The event was recorded in a four-minute video filmed by a woman who was in the car with Morales, and which shows a part of the event.
“Get down, get down, get down!”, the two occupants of the vehicle told Morales, while the leader of the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS) spoke on the phone trying to warn about what was happening.
The filming cuts off for a moment, then Morales refers to the fact that they had to change vehicles since the previous one was damaged and had a low tire as a result of a gunshot.
That’s when the occupants realize that the driver driving the vehicle is bleeding from the head, while he insistently honks the horn to pass a section of the road with high traffic.
Then, the leader of the ruling party opens the window and alerts the community members that they have been shot and asks them to block the road so that their pursuers cannot pass.
After what happened, Morales pointed out what happened to the Government of Luis Arce and said that “today the plan to try to kill him has been fulfilled, after the attempts to destroy him politically and prosecute him judicially failed.
These events occur when this day marks two weeks of the indefinite blockade of roads that the followers of Morales maintain to demand that the Government withdraw the judicial proceedings for human trafficking and statutory rape against Evo Morales, which they consider to be part of a political persecution.
They also ask for solutions to the rise in food prices, the lack of dollars, the irregular supply of fuel and respect for a MAS congress that in 2023 declared Morales “sole candidate” for next year’s elections.
On Saturday, the Bolivian Foreign Ministry denounced to the international community that these protests led by Morales “aim to interrupt the democratic order,” which also affects stability in the South American region.
While President Luis Arce, the day before, relieved the military high command, with the mission of preserving the internal order of the country and democracy.
Caracas / EFE
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