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21 July 2021
Government analyzes activating “international criminal proceedings” for the alleged coup
The Vice Minister of Internal Affairs, Nelson Cox, announced that they will resort to the activation of “international criminal proceedings” against “high authorities” of other countries and international organizations, for the alleged perpetration of a coup d’État.
“Responsibilities have to be clarified, that will be analyzed with the State Attorney General’s Office and this function will also be to see criminal proceedings in Bolivia and if it is necessary to activate international criminal proceedings, because impunity cannot reign even if they are high authorities of others countries, even if they are international political actors,” said Cox, on Tuesday in Red Uno.
For his part, the Bolivian Ambassador to the United Nations, Diego Pary, argued that the internment of ammunition and supplies from Ecuador and Argentina to Bolivia “violated” the Inter-American Convention against the Manufacture and Trafficking of Arms, according to Correo del Sur.
Along these lines, the Minister of Government, Eduardo Del Castillo, stated that there was a “continental plan” to “repress the people”, which was organized since July 2019, at least four months before the resignation of former President Evo Morales and the beginning of conflicts led by supporters of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), after the annulled elections due to alleged fraud.
“So far we can see that there was a continental plan to repress the Bolivian people, not only asking for anti-riot gear but that this plan had already been organized since 24 July 2019,” said Minister Del Castillo during the presentation of the anti-riot gear, last Monday.
Former President Evo Morales accused Argentina, Brazil, the European Union, and the United States of the alleged perpetration of a “coup d’État” in 2019. Bishops of the Catholic Church and the Organization of American States (OAS) are also in the Government’s sights. “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 told the Argentine Newspaper Página 12 a few days ago.
