20 July 2021
The Minister of Government, Eduardo Del Castillo, and former President Evo Morales accused the Donald Trump administration as responsible for the alleged “coup d’État” in 2019, for issuing a “manual” of a “continental plan” of destabilization, in complicity with Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador, the European Union (EU) and the Organization of American States (OAS).
“On 24 July 2019, the Deputy Under Secretary of the US Department of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Kevin O’Reilly, from the Trump administration, arrived in Bolivia, met with the Ambassadors of Peru, Argentina, Brazil, the OAS (Organization of American States) and the European Union (EU). This man began to hint at the possibility of fraud in Bolivia without proof,” said Del Castillo.
The authority mentioned that added to this aspect is the issue of the “illegal” internment of Argentine supplies.
According to Del Castillo, there are the procedures and authorizations to enter Bolivia for an alleged second flight, which transported “weapons” and riot control ammunition that in a first diplomatic request was intended for the use of Argentine police officers, in order to protect the diplomatic residence of that country, a place where officials of the Government of Evo Morales had been given refuge. The Minister of Government explained that on November 13th, two flights of Hercules C-130 aircraft entered.
He also pointed out that this “illegal” internment of Argentine ammunition should be investigated because allegedly those materials were used for the repression of groups that defended former President Morales in 2019. For this reason, he announced [legal] proceedings against members of the Bolivian Police involved in this issue. Previously, the Government denounced Ecuador for the shipment of ammunition.
He pointed to the former Commander of the Police Yuri Calderon as one of the main implicated in this case and announced criminal proceedings against this former police chief and all those men in uniform who allegedly generated “erroneous” reports regarding the reception of ammunition, which were recently found in deposits of the institution.
“Only for the Bolivian Police, about 27,000 rubber pellet cartridges, 28 aerosol gases, 19 aerosol gases, 55 CN grenades, 53 H gas grenades, 19 CS gas grenades entered irregularly, without complying with current legal regulations (…) There was a malicious intention of the Police High Command at that time,” said Del Castillo.
But, in addition, he announced that in the same lawsuit the former Commander of the Bolivian Air Force (FAB) General Jorge Gonzalo Terceros Lara (detained in Palmasola) and the former Argentine Ambassador to Bolivia Normando Alvarez will be accused. Previously, the General and the foreign diplomat separately denied the accusations; the defense of Terceros assured that the signature of the document where he supposedly thanks for the delivery of a number of chemical agents from Argentina is falsified.
Del Castillo explained this issue of the internment of ammunition and made reference to the US representation to show a “chronological” relationship of the alleged international conspiracy and accused Carlos Mesa of being the executor of this alleged plan. The Government authority made mention of this issue in a press conference in the company of the Argentine Ambassador, Ariel Basteiro, and the Police General Commander, Jhonny Aguilera.
The Minister related the position assumed by Mesa on 20 October 2019, when he “declared himself the winner” of the general elections, with O’Reilly’s statements in July of the same year. Later, the Minister spoke of “paramilitary groups” and the burning of the homes of MAS authorities.
For his part, Evo Morales assured that the Ambassadors of Brazil and the European Union were participants in the alleged “coup d’État” of 2019. The former authority also requested that Mauricio Macri be tried in Bolivia for the alleged shipment of “war material.”
“Days before the coup, there were preparatory meetings. The Brazilian Ambassador participated in the coup. I am sure that at any moment how Brazil contributed to the coup will come to show. The Ambassador of the European Union also intervened. I can’t believe it: Europe participating in the coup d’État,” Morales said in an interview with the Argentine Newspaper Página 12.
In this chronology, Del Castillo affirmed that Morales was forced to resign from the Presidency on 10 November 2019, at the suggestion of the Military High Command, headed by former Armed Forces Commander Williams Kaliman.
Aguilera: There was an “erroneous and false” report
Ambassador: The General Commander of the Bolivian Police, Jhonny Aguilera, affirmed yesterday that he received an “erroneous and false” report regarding the anti-riot gear that, allegedly, was sent by former Argentine President Mauricio Macri in November 2019. This was revealed after the police chief received criticism about a version change regarding the gases case, when the Argentine Ambassador, Ariel Basteiro, claimed to have proof that the chemical agents reached the Police.
Report: “The Argentine Ambassador makes known a variety of information that proved precisely that the report that I had received was an erroneous report, a false report,” the Police Commander remarked yesterday during an interview with Radio Fides.
Source: https://www.paginasiete.bo/seguridad/2021/7/20/gobierno-acusa-cuatro-paises-la-ue-por-supuesto-golpe-301516.html
