Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales claims the government carried out the attack on him, while Interior Minister Eduardo del Castillo said Morales staged the incident.
This handout picture released by Radio Kawsachun Coca shows what it said are bullet impacts on a pickup truck in which former Bolivian President Evo Morales was travelling in Cochabamba, Bolivia / Photo: AFP Archive
Bolivia's government on Monday denied the accusations that it had led an attack on Morales, calling it"theatre" and claiming that the former leader's convoy had instead fired on special anti-narcotics police who were carrying out a patrol. "I heard three shots in a burst... there were at least seven, eight, nine shots," he said, adding that since then, they had found as many as 20 bullets.The contested claims mark a dangerous new chapter of tension within the ruling party that has been torn apart by the enmity between Morales and his once protege Arce, economy minister during Morales' nearly 14-year rule, which ended in 2019.
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