The dismissed military commander Juan José Zúñigaaccused of leading the Coup attempt against the Government of Boliviahas tried to implicate the president in the attempt, by stating at the time he was arrested that Luis Arce He ordered him to take out the “armored” to “raise” his popularity.

“I will speak with details on Sunday, at La Salle school I met with the president and The president told me that the situation is very screwedwhich this week would be critical and Something is needed to boost my popularity“Zúñiga said during his capture.

The soldier, until now at the head of the Army, has 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” responded “take it out,” he alleged.

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 said.

Zúñiga has been arrested and taken to a cell at the headquarters of the Special Force to Fight Crime, while the Prosecutor’s Office has announced a “criminal investigation” against him and the soldiers who broke into the Casa Grande del Pueblo, headquarters of the Bolivian Government.

Before relieving the entire leadership of the Armed Forces, Arce confronted Zúñiga at the door of the Casa Grande del Pueblo, which had been knocked down by a military tank, and ordered him to “retreat” the soldiers accompanying him. “Withdraw all these forces, it is an order”shouted him.