Tensions in Bolivia –
Morales supporters hold back around “twenty” soldiers
Activists committed to the cause of the former Bolivian president seized a barracks in the center of the country on Friday.
Published today at 8:17 p.m.
Supporters of former Bolivian President Evo Morales.
AFP/AIZAR RALDES
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Supporters of former Bolivian President Evo Morales took “twenty” soldiers hostage on Friday after seizing a barracks in the Chapare region, in central Bolivia, military sources announced.
“Irregular armed groups” seized a barracks, “taking soldiers hostage” and seizing “weapons and ammunition,” the armed forces said in a statement. A Defense source declared, on condition of anonymity, that around “twenty” soldiers had been taken hostage.
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