Former Bolivian president Evo Morales narrowly escaped death when assailants opened fire on his vehicle, accusing President Luis Arce of being behind the assassination attempt amid political rivalry.
Former Bolivian president Evo Morales said gunmen fired a hail of bullets at his car on Sunday and he blamed the current president for the attack.
The radio station that hosted the interview, Kawsachun Coca, released a video that it said was of the bullet-ridden pickup truck that Morales had been in.Morales blamed President Luis Arce, a former ally and cabinet minister of his with whom he has fallen out. It happened outside a military barracks in Cochabamba as men dressed in black opened fire with rifles at Morales' truck, his MAS party said in a statement.Morales, a former coca grower who is now 65, served as president from 2006 until 2019 and was highly popular in the Andean country until he tried to bypass the constitution to seek a fourth term.
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