(28 Jun 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
La Paz, Bolivia - 28 June 2024
1. Police headquarters
2. Police outside the precinct
3. Eduardo del Castillo, Bolivia Government Minister, center, at news conference
4. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Eduardo del Castillo, Bolivia Government Minister:
"Up to now, there is a total of 21 people arrested in the failed coup attempt case."
5. Castillo presents detained suspect Army Captain Miguel Angel Burgos Daza to media
6. Police escorts Burgos Daza away
7. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Eduardo del Castillo, Bolivia Government Minister:
"The driver of the vehicle that was used to destroy the door of Plaza Murillo (presidential place). We are talking about army sergeant Alan Condori Quenta, driver of the military tankette."
8. Police present detained suspect Alan Condori Quenta as Castillo says UPSOUND (Spanish): "He put at risk the life of our President and Vice President."
9. Suspect Condori Quenta

STORYLINE:
Bolivian law enforcement on Friday arrested four more people in connection with a failed coup, bringing the total detained to 21.

Government Minister Eduardo del Castillo said among the arrested were military officers, including the driver of the armored vehicle that rammed into the government palace.

The other arrests included a man who officials say was conducting intelligence in the plaza outside the palace with a bulletproof vest and another army sergeant who was communicating through the app FaceTime and other social media.

The government claims that the failed coup attempt was headed by Juan José Zúñiga, who, without providing evidence, alleged that the president had ordered him to carry out the mutiny in a ruse to boost his flagging popularity.

That fueled speculation about what reallly happened among Bolivians, who were already disillusioned with their government.

Ongoing political spats between President Luis Arce and his one-time political ally, Evo Morales, have exacerbated the country's economic crisis.

Arce, on Thursday night, declared accusations that he had carried out a “self-coup” to garner political support “lies.”

He vowed Zúñiga and those involved would face justice.

AP Video by Carlos Guerrero

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