Violence spills onto streets as political divisions laid bare in Bolivia

Record ID: 1704872

  • Title: Violence spills onto streets as political divisions laid bare in Bolivia
  • Date: 2nd January 2023
  • Summary: SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA (JANUARY 2, 2023) (REUTERS) (NIGHT) VARIOUS OF FIREWORKS AND OBJECTS BEING LAUNCHED AT PROTEST POLICE IN RIOT GEAR ON DUTY, DEBRIS ON STREET PROTESTERS OUT ON STREET, FIREWORKS GOING OFF AND SMOKE IN THE AIR SIGN ON STREET POLE THAT READS (Spanish) "FREEDOM FOR CAMACHO", REFERENCE TO ARREST OF SANTA CRUZ GOVERNOR LUIS FERNANDO CAMACHO VARIOUS OF POLICE ON STREET AT PROTEST SITE POLICE WALKING BY EMBERS OF FIRE ON STREET POLICE ON STREET BURNT-OUT VEHICLE POLICE ON DUTY ON STREET BURNT-OUT VEHICLES POLICE ON DUTY ON STREET, SMOKE IN THE AIR PROTESTERS OUT ON STREET, SMOKE IN THE AIR FIREWORKS GOING OFF NEAR POLICE PEOPLE ON STREET AT SITE OF PROTEST OVERTURNED VEHICLES BURNT-OUT VEHICLE
  • Embargoed: 16th January 2023 15:33
  • Keywords: Bolivia Santa Cruz arrest governor police protest unrest
  • Location: SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA
  • City: SANTA CRUZ, BOLIVIA
  • Country: Bolivia
  • Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,South America / Central America,Civil Unrest
  • Reuters ID: LVA001996202012023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: PART VIDEO QUALITY AS INCOMING
    Violence spilled onto to streets of Bolivia's Santa Cruz on Monday (January 2) with police going up against protesters angry at the arrest of the regional governor, a right-wing opposition leader.
    As night fell, protesters in parts of the provincial capital torched cars and tyres. Police were on duty to disperse the crowds.
    The protests are the latest face-off between Santa Cruz, led by Governor Luis Fernando Camacho, and leftist President Luis Arce's government.
    Camacho was detained late last year on a charge of "terrorism" for his alleged involvement in 2019 political unrest that saw then-President Evo Morales flee the country.
    He was sentenced to four months of pre-trial detention and was transferred to a maximum security prison.
    Camacho has maintained his innocence and called his arrest and transport to La Paz, the country's capital, a kidnapping. Prosecutors denied the arrest was a kidnapping or politically motivated.
    (Production: Monica Machicao, Juan Pablo Blacutt, Augustin Marcarian, Paul Vieira)
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