- Title: Bolivia returns Chilean police officers arrested for crossing the border
- Date: 9th July 2017
- Summary: LA PAZ, BOLIVIA (JULY 9, 2017) (REUTERS) **** WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **** VARIOUS EXTERIORS OF GOVERNMENT PALACE BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT EVO MORALES ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT EVO MORALES SAYING: "We decided quickly to returned them because there will always be these border incidents with Chile, with Peru, with Argentina, with Brazil. Unfortunately, the border in some places is a lot of jungle, mountains, snow - we don't have defined lines. We don't have walls, happily." GENERAL VIEW OF NEWS CONFERENCE
- Embargoed: 23rd July 2017 22:24
- Keywords: Chilean police officers Evo Morales Carlos Romero bilateral relations border
- Location: TAMBO QUEMADO, ORURO AND LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
- City: TAMBO QUEMADO, ORURO AND LA PAZ, BOLIVIA
- Country: Bolivia
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA0026OZWAIR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Bolivia returned on Sunday (July 9) two Chilean police officers detained in the border area of Ujina.
The officers were arrested on Friday (July 07) when officials chased a suspicious vehicle over the border, the Chilean government reported.
Bolivian President Evo Morales said the decision to return the officers to their home country was made quickly.
The incident comes after Chile detained and released seven Bolivian customs officers and two Bolivian military officers for three months for smuggling offences in the border area.
The case is the latest in a long list of diplomatic incidents between the two countries which are facing office in an international trial over Bolivia's intent to regain sovereign access to the sea by Chilean territory. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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