Former Bolivian President Evo Morales condemned the assassination attempt by unidentified men who shot at his vehicle and wounded its driver

He Former Bolivian President Evo Morales has condemned this Sunday victim of attempted murder when the vehicle in which he was traveling was fired upon fourteen times by a group of “hooded men” who attacked his convoy in the center of the country. Morales was heading from Villa Tunari to Lauca Ñ. While on his way to attend the event, several bullets were fired at his car, some of which hit the front window.

In his story, Morales identified two vehicles, “obviously” Toyota Tundra models, from which they were derived. “Four hooded and black-clad officers, carrying weapons in their hands, opened fire.”With Morales’ vehicle already moving, the former president, in the front passenger seat, is seen talking agitatedly on the phone and denouncing that he is being “harassed” before cutting off communications.

In the aftermath and incident, Morales said that one of his drivers suffered head and arm injuries, but “ultimately we saved his life”, without giving further details about his condition. The former president ultimately blamed the assassination attempt on his former economy minister and the country’s current president, Luis Arce, with whom he has had several clashes in recent months. “Lucho has gone mad”He assured.

self attack

In the government’s first response, the Civil Protection Deputy Minister, Roberto Ríos, assured that a related investigation would be launched, although he did not rule out the possibility that it was a self-attack. “As officers we are duty bound to investigate any complaintWhether this is true or false. I believe there is already an opinion in the population about the possibility of self-attack,” Ríos said in statements reported by Bolivian newspaper ‘La Razon’.

Additionally, he has denied that there is any arrest warrant in force against Morales amid speculation of alleged sexual abuse by him while he was president. “The Bolivian police have not received any arrest warrant against Mr. Evo Morales,” he stressed.

Rios also rejected that the government was going to declare a state of siege as Morales has said. it’s about “Nonsense told by Mr. Morales,” However when questioned about possible militarization he replied that “it is not appropriate to talk about that.”

The deputy minister also said police were in position to clear roads blocked for 14 days by the pro-Morales wing of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party, especially in Cochabamba. Meanwhile, Juan Ramon Quintana, former minister of the Morales presidency, has appealed to concerned social movements to protect Morales because “Bolivia is no longer safe for him” and has openly defended the need to expel him from the country.

The conservative opposition has asked the government to prevent Morales from leaving the country and reminded that he is accused of crimes such as rape of minors or statutory rape. “If the government does not take action and arrest Evo Morales, it will become an accomplice of this criminal, who should be behind bars,” declared Creo deputy Valthy Aguez, who believes that prepared the shooting incident. And he wants to justify his departure. Country.

Along the same lines, the deputy of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) belonging to Arce Rolando Cuéllar has said that it is a “Poorly planned self-attack” to “victimize” oneself. And do not respond to the allegations. “The self-attack and poorly planned simulation of serial rapist Evo Morales is meant to victimize himself and ask for support from coca-growing populations and international organizations,” Cuellar said on the social network.

“Since then, this mythical figure makes every effort to leave unpunished his crimes of smuggling and trafficking of minors This pedophile’s victims are over 15 minors andHow is it possible that in the center of Chapare they want to make a homemade soap opera and trout, and Radio Kavascham Koka films it,” he said.

On the other hand, MAS supporter Morales has published a statement that Morales was “ambushed” at the entrance to the military barracks of the 9th Division of the Armed Forces. He assured, “According to eyewitnesses to the events, the cars carrying the soldiers who carried out the attack against Evo Morales later drove into the military barracks and then into a helicopter that was waiting for them on the landing strip. “

Thus MAS “directly” blames President Luis Arce, Government Minister, Eduardo del Castillo and Defense Minister, Edmundo Novillo and warns that “This is not an isolated incident”He condemned, “We are facing a fascist government that does not hesitate to attack the life of former President Evo Morales, employ paramilitary groups, criminalize social protest and lead Bolivia into fraternal conflict Is.”