This was announced by the civic leader of Santa Cruz, the largest Bolivian region, Rómulo Calvo a “peaceful” fight. for the release of Governor Luis Fernando Camacho, violently arrested on Wednesday when he returned home.

According to the prosecutor’s office, the arrest of the governor of Santa Cruz was registered in “compliance with an arrest warrant issued by the Departmental Prosecutor’s Office of La Paz in the case called Coup I“.

Transferred and imprisoned in La Paz, Camacho declined to testify in the early hours of Thursday. He accepted the right to silence, being arrested and placed at the disposal of a precautionary judge.

They study the measures

In a statement to the media, Calvo demanded that the Bolivian president, Luis Arce, the “immediate release” of Camacho to “avoid the unnecessary confrontation that your government intends to install” in Santa Cruz.

Calvo argued that Arce “played with fire” and warned that the people of Santa Cruz will not “give up in this fight” and that they will “stand firm to the last consequences until they release our governor.”

For Calvo what happened is a “flagrant violation of constitutional and democratic human rights” and is not only against the governor of Santa Cruz, but against the entire region.

He also announced that the “Assembly of Cruceñidad” would meet this Thursday to mark “the line of immediate action” that will be taken to reject Camacho’s arrest.

The case “coup I” for which Camacho was arrested took place after the denunciation of the crime of terrorism due to the 2019 crisis that took place after the failed Bolivian presidential elections, denounced as fraudulent, and which led to the resignation of Evo Morales, who, in turn, denounced a “coup” against him.

“The State Attorney General’s Office informs the public that the citizen Luis Fernando Camacho, was arrested this afternoon, December 28, in compliance with the arrest warrant issued by the Departmental Prosecutor’s Office of La Paz. , in the case called ‘Coup d ‘état I’”, indicated part of the official statement.

The order dates from October.

“There was no court order”​

Camacho’s lawyer, Martín Camacho, like his wife, Fátima Alejandra Jordán, denounced that the governor was arrested without a court order.

It is the first time that the government of Luis Arce maintains an authority in office, although this was a practice during the government of Evo Morales.

The civic committee of the Bolivian region of Santa Cruz has planned to convene an “Assembly of La Cruceñidad” for this Thursday to analyze pressure measurements.

protests and clashes

Camacho’s arrest sparked protests and clashes this Wednesday in the city of Santa Cruz.

Police arrested Camacho after noon as he was walking home and then transferred him from eastern Santa Cruz to La Paz.

As soon as the police operation became known, several supporters of the governor of Santa Cruz and lawmakers from his party, Creemos, entered the runway and offices of the airports of Viru Viru and El Trompillo to prevent a plane from leaving and taking him in another region of the country. .

However, some media released images from Viru Viru airport security cameras showing Camacho’s transfer to the side of the runway. even a helicopter which finally got him out of that place.

In La Paz, a pro-government group marched towards the Special Crime Fighting Force (FELCC), where the opposition governor was transferred, to demand justice for the victims of Sacaba in Cochabamba and Senkata in El Alto in 2019 in the political and social crisis after the failed elections.

“There is no negotiation with spilled blood”, “this is not revenge, this is justice”, “Camacho to Chonchocoro prison”, were some of the harangues that dozens of people shouted at the door as they awaited the arrival of the Governor of Santa Croce.

A dictatorship”

But Camacho’s arrest has caused anxiety in opposition sectors who have seen Camacho’s arrest as a measure demonstrating that in the country there is no rule of law and that Bolivia it is a virtual dictatorshipas El Diario wrote on its online site this Thursday.

The governor’s lawyer described the arrest as “arbitrary and abusive” and denounced an attempt on the life of Camacho and his companions.

“We know it was reduced and beaten (…). This was on the verge of splintering, and we will propose the corresponding actions to take up the defense (…). We will raise the freedom action for the purpose of his release,” said the jurist.

Source: local media and EFE

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