Evo Morales denounces attack: they attacked his vehicle with shots and wounded his driver

The former president of Bolivia Evo Morales
(2006-2019) reported this Sunday that the vehicle that was taking him to the station where he usually hosts his weekend program was shot 14 times, by unknown persons who injured the politician’s driver.

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The former president declared to the coca radio station Kawsachun Coca that the pursuit of his vehicle by two others in which the attackers were traveling occurred at 6:25 in the morning local time (10:25 GMT) on the route between the town of Villa Tunari and Lauca ÑÑ, in the Tropics of Cochabamba.

Morales said that he observed that two or three trucks were following his car, so his driver “diverted” his route, but the chase did not stop. “That’s when I realized it was an operation,” mentioned. “It surprised me, happily we saved our lives,” said the former governor who said he had counted at least 14 shots.

The event was recorded in a four-minute video filmed by a woman who was in the car with Morales, and which shows a part of the event.

“¡Agáchate, presi, agáchate, presi!”, he told Morales the occupants of the vehiclewhile the leader of the ruling Movement towards Socialism (MAS) also spoke on the phone trying to warn about what was happening.

The filming cuts off for a moment, then Morales refers to the fact that they had to change vehicles since the previous one was damaged and had a low tire as a result of a gunshot.

That’s when the occupants, They notice that the driver driving the vehicle is bleeding from the head.while insistently honking to pass a section of the highway with high traffic.

Then, the leader of the ruling party opens the window and alerts the community members that they have been shot and asks them to block the road so that their pursuers cannot pass.

After what happened, Morales pointed out what happened to Luis Arce’s government and said that “today the plan to try to kill him has been fulfilled.”after attempts to destroy him politically and prosecute him judicially failed.

These events occur when this day marks two weeks of the indefinite blockade of roads that the followers of Morales maintain to demand that the Government withdraw the judicial proceedings for human trafficking and statutory rape against Evo Morales, which they consider to be part of a political persecution.

They also ask for solutions to the rise in food prices, the lack of dollars, the irregular supply of fuel and respect for a MAS congress that in 2023 declared Morales “sole candidate” for next year’s elections.

On Saturday, the Bolivian Foreign Ministry denounced to the international community that these protests led by Morales “aim to interrupt the democratic order,” which also affects stability in the South American region.

While President Luis Arce, the day before, relieved the military high command, with the mission of preserving the internal order of the country and democracy.

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