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| A court in Bolivia sentenced the rebels to six months of pre-trial detention. |
| 2024-06-30 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] A court in Bolivia has sentenced the rebel generals detained during the attempted military coup to six months of pretrial detention. This was reported on June 28 by the Bolivian television channel Bolivia TV. "Juan José Zúñiga, Juan Arnés and Edison Irajola, who are under investigation for terrorism and armed rebellion against the security and sovereignty of the state, have been sentenced to six months of preventive detention," reads a statement published on the channel's official website. It is noted that the accused will spend six months of investigation in Chonchocoro prison in La Paz. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on June 26, a group of military personnel attempted to storm the Bolivian Government Palace and occupied the territory of the residence of the country's president, Luis Arce. The Bolivian president called the incident an attempt at a coup d'état and called on his fellow citizens to support the authorities and not allow the rebels to carry out their plans. On June 27, law enforcement officers detained the former commander of the ground forces, General Juan José Zúñiga, who led the attempted coup. The country's Prosecutor General's Office charged him with terrorism and armed rebellion. That same day, Bolivia's Interior Minister Carlos del Castillo announced that 17 people had been detained in the case of the attempted seizure of power, in accordance with the order of the Prosecutor General's Office. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the situation in the Latin American republic, called what was happening its sovereign matter. He wished a speedy restoration of calm in Bolivia. The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in turn, said that Moscow strongly condemns the attempted coup in Bolivia and expresses full support for the Arce government. Related: Bolivia 06/29/2024 Bolivia Coup: Fight for Russian Lithium in US Backyard Bolivia 06/28/2024 Ministry of Internal Affairs: the coup in Bolivia has been in preparation since May, authorities detained 17 rebel participants Bolivia 06/28/2024 About the failure of the coup in Bolivia |
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