Both “smuggled weapons into Bolivia (during the 2019 coup), they sent soldiers disguised as firefighters and now they are promoting a constitution that violates the rights of the population of this Argentine territory,” Basteiro said.
He recalled that Álvarez bore primary responsibility for the irregular manner in which the projectiles fell in order to quell those calling for the restoration of constitutional order in Bolivia following the conspiracy that led to the resignation of former President Evo Morales .
“In Argentina, Normando Álvarez is being charged with arms smuggling,” said the diplomat, “because the Bolivian judicial system decided to investigate his compatriots and let our country investigate the Argentines.”
Basteiro stated that Álvarez received a message from Bolivian General Jorge Gonzalo Terceros, former commander of the Bolivian Air Force, evidence that sparked the entire judicial investigation called Coup III.
In Bolivia, as the investigation progressed, third parties were in court who had thanked the former ambassador for the 70,000 ammunition they had received.
In fact, there was a first convict, Renzo Pedro Arteaga, a former official at the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who admitted his guilt in an abbreviated trial and received a three-year prison sentence.
Gerardo Morales, Jujuy’s radical extraction governor, promoted the reform of the local Magna Carta without the involvement of various sectors of Jujuy.
His proposal includes bans related to street protests, restricts the use of natural resources and public lands, and regulates relations with indigenous communities.
Despite opposition from various sections of the mobilized population, the governor carried out the action and ordered a crackdown with rubber bullets and tear gas to quell the protests.
Such was the violence that various sectors have expressed concern about the actions in Jujuy, one of the provinces with the largest indigenous population in Argentina.
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