The allegation relates to the Sacaba case, in which ten demonstrators were killed following the 2019 coup
Jeanine Áñez
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247 The Bolivian State Ministry filed genocide charges against 18 people, including selfproclaimed former President Jeanine Áñez and other former highranking officials of the country, and demanded 30 years in prison for them, according to information from the Sputnik agency.
“The public prosecutor’s office has completed the investigation into the socalled Sacaba case. In this context, the Commission of Prosecutors handling the case has made the final request for formal indictment against 18 people for the crime of genocide,” the institution said in its statement.
On November 15, 2019, a march of demonstrators against the de facto government of Áñez attempted to reach the city of Cochabamba, but was prevented from doing so by military and police officers, who, with the support of Decree 4,078, which relieved them of their responsibilities, The protesters repressed, resulting in 10 deaths and 36 injuries.
Experts from the Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts pointed out in 2021 that there was political persecution against popular and indigenous movements that protested against the coup.
In October 2019, Evo Morales and Alvaro García Linera were forced to resign under pressure from the armed forces after winning the fifth consecutive election. Meanwhile, the National Police organized riots and all successors linked to the Movement for Socialism (MASIPSP) were persecuted to pave the way for the selfappointment of then Senator Jeanine Áñez. (With information from Brasil de Fato).
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