Zúñiga is isolated by using cell phone in prison and dismissed from prison.

The material was presented as the second part of the interview that Zúñiga granted to an Argentine media since the prison of El Abra, in the city of Cochabamba. Former Army Commander Juan José Zúñiga. Photo: ABI Source:...

Minister Del Castillo orders punishment against the former commander and announces restriction of visits for 20 days, after leaking footage in El Abra. Government Minister Eduardo Del Castillo announced this Thursday the dismissal of the director of the prison system of Cochabamba, Tito Arze, after a video of the former commander of the Armed Forces, Juan José Zúñiga, recorded inside the prison of El Abra, was released. “Today, the director of t…

With regard to the possible transfer of the former army commander to another prison, as alleged by lawyer Silvia Tapia, the Minister ruled out the possibility of this situation.

LA PEACE, 17 Apr (NOMADA NEWS). – The Minister of Government, Carlos Eduardo del Castillo, informed this Thursday that the Director of the Prison System of Cochabamba, Tito Arce, will be dismissed after an interview with an international media outlet of General Juan José Zúñiga, arrested in the prison of El Abra, accused of leading a military strike in June last year.

Del Castillo indicated that as “any person deprived of liberty” the former military chief will have sanctions such as restriction of visits.

The director of the prison system of Cochabamba will be dismissed for the improper entry of cell phones to the prison of El Abra. Meanwhile, the former general of the army Juan José Zúñiga, investigated by the coup strike of June 26, 2024, will be isolated for using a mobile phone in the prison compound.