the IACHR concluded that there had been massacres and summary executions against civilians at the end of 2019

The Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI) of the IACHR, who investigated these incidents, delivered their report in La Paz to President Luis Arce.

Patricia Tappatá, member of the GIEI, said that “at least 37 people have lost their lives in various parts of the country and hundreds have suffered serious injuries, both physical and psychological”.

The investigation went from the end of the left government Evo Morales until the start of her successor, the right-wing senator Jeanine ñez.

During the administration of the interim president, two serious events were recorded: on November 15 in the city of I pulled out, near the city of Cochabamba (downtown), and four days later at the gas plant in Senkata, in the town of El Alto, neighboring La Paz.

In Sacaba there were 11 deaths and in Senkata another equal number. Tappatá said the GIEI “does not hesitate” to call these events “massacres”.

In Sacaba, a region heavily influenced by coca growers, loyal allies of Morales, the research group had the support of the Argentinian Forensic Anthropology Team (EAAF), which allowed it to “infer” that some of the deaths were due to “summary executions”. “.

President Arce, after reading the report released at a public event in the city of La Paz, announced reparations for the victims.

In addition, he said the report “clearly describes the serious human rights violations, massacres and extrajudicial killings that took place in our country during the coup” against his political mentor Morales.

He announced that his government will promote a lawsuit of responsibilities or privileges against ñez and his government.

The former governor has been imprisoned on a preventive basis since last March, while the prosecution is investigating what happened under her government from November 2019 to November 2020.

Bolivia plunged into a serious crisis in 2019, following the October elections of that year. The election results favored Morales, in power since 2006 and with the intention of extending his term until 2025.

However, the opposition accused him of committing fraud and the protests spread across the country. Police and military withdrew their support for Morales, who resigned and went into exile in Mexico.