US Edition20 detained, officers injured as Morales supporters clash with police in Bolivia
- Supporters of former Bolivian president Evo Morales clashed with police on Thursday in La Paz, leading to 20 arrests and injuries to three officers.
- The clashes followed the failure of Morales's party, Pan-Bol, to register his candidacy before the May 19 deadline, due to a rejection of email submission by electoral authorities.
- Pan-Bol tried to submit Morales’s candidates list but was blocked from entering the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, amid ongoing demands from demonstrators to allow Morales to run in August elections.
- Police chief Roger Montano confirmed 20 arrests and three officer injuries, while local media broadcast images of supporters throwing stones and firecrackers and police responding with tear gas.
- Morales, barred from running by a 2023 constitutional court ruling upholding term limits, resigned controversially in 2019 after a 13-year tenure and sought to extend his rule again before the ban.
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Bolivian Police Arrest About 20 People Following Protests by Supporters of Former President Evo Morales.
CNN en Español Bolivian police arrested approximately 20 people they accuse of committing violent acts during protests by supporters of former President Evo Morales near the Supreme Electoral Tribunal, Colonel Roger Montaño, head of Police Operations, told state-run Bolivia TV on Thursday. During the demonstrations, those detained threw firecrackers and stones in the streets, Montaño said. Three police officers were injured with bruises and woun…
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AporreaBolivian Government Apprehends 26 Evistas After Clashes with Police
In Bolivia, 26 protesters who were supporters of former president Evo Morales (2006-2019) were arrested on Thursday after holding clashes with police in La Paz, while trying to reach the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), according to government minister Roberto Ríos. According to the official, they were seized with firecrackers, dynamites and an amount of 23,900 Bolivians (more than $3,460) who brought the 26 arrested with them. According to med…
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20 detained, officers injured as Morales supporters clash with police in Bolivia
Twenty people were arrested and three officers were injured in Bolivia Thursday after supporters of former president Evo Morales, who has been barred from running for office again, clashed with law enforcement, police said.
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