The dismissed Bolivian military commander Juan José Zuñiga, accused of a “Coup attempt“against the Government of Boliviastated at the time he was captured that President Luis Arce ordered him to remove the “armored” for “get up” its popularity.
“I will speak with details on Sunday, at La Salle school I met with the president (Luis Arce) and the president told me that the situation is very screwed, that this week would be critical and something is necessary to raise my popularity“, said Zuniga during his capture.
Zuniga He stated that President Arce had asked him to carry out a military movement.
“I asked him: should we take out the armored vehicles? and he (Arce)” answered “pulls out”he added.
The dismissed military chief gave a list of the vehicles that Arce supposedly ordered him to move.
“At night, six rattlesnakes and 6 urutus begin to descend, plus 14 zetas from the Achacachi regiment.”, he mentioned.
Zuniga He was arrested and taken to a cell at the headquarters of the Special Forces to Fight Crime, while the Prosecutor’s Office announced a “criminal investigation” against him and the soldiers who broke into the Casa Grande del Pueblo, the seat of government.
Before relieving the entire Headquarters of the Armed Forces, Arce faced Zuniga at the door of the Casa Grande del Pueblo, seat of the Government, and that it was knocked down by a military tank, and he ordered the military that accompanied him to “retreat.”
“Withdraw all these forces is an order“Luis Arce shouted at Zuñiga.
Source: Gestion
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