Four of many bodies in PandoThe Blog Machetera does a fine job in translating hot-off-the-press news from Bolivia. Go visit for the full story, but here are two snippets:
According to constituent Veimar Becerra, the figure could be higher. “According to my calculations, I who am familiar with the place, there are around 70 dead,”
“It’s not a movie, it’s the truth: there were children, women, we don’t know how many were killed, the attack, the ambush began at 10 and went on until 5 in the afternoon. I got away because I hid in the bushes,” a survivor of the Porvenir massacre told the Erbol Network.
Two other bodies.
Locals say that paramilitaries attached to the Prefecture of autonomist rebel prefect Leopoldo Fernández were responsible for the attack using sub-machine guns. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Fernández. Otto reminds viewers at this point that Pando actually voted in favour of Evo Morales in the August 10th recall election vote. All the numbers available here.
UPDATE: Machetera deserves kudos for the fine work she's doing tonight. The site now translates another Bolivia media report of 106 people missing after the Pando massacre. Linked here.
According to constituent Veimar Becerra, the figure could be higher. “According to my calculations, I who am familiar with the place, there are around 70 dead,”
“It’s not a movie, it’s the truth: there were children, women, we don’t know how many were killed, the attack, the ambush began at 10 and went on until 5 in the afternoon. I got away because I hid in the bushes,” a survivor of the Porvenir massacre told the Erbol Network.
Two other bodies. Locals say that paramilitaries attached to the Prefecture of autonomist rebel prefect Leopoldo Fernández were responsible for the attack using sub-machine guns. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Fernández. Otto reminds viewers at this point that Pando actually voted in favour of Evo Morales in the August 10th recall election vote. All the numbers available here.
UPDATE: Machetera deserves kudos for the fine work she's doing tonight. The site now translates another Bolivia media report of 106 people missing after the Pando massacre. Linked here.