The Minister of Government (interior), Eduardo del Castillo, reported this Friday that the authorities of Bolivia They captured four other soldiers who “led” the “attempt to coup” on Wednesday against the Government of Luis Arceunder the orders of the dismissed Army Commander General Juan José Zuñiga.
Del Castillo highlighted at a press conference in the city of Peacethe arrest of infantry captain Miguel Burgos, whom he accused of being in charge of coordinating the seizure of the Murillo Square in front of the headquarters of Arce’s Government, “He was seen giving instructions and organizing the forces and tanks”added the minister.
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He also presented to the press the “driver” of the tank that knocked down the door of the Executive headquarters in the Bolivian capital, Sgt. Allan Condorini.
The minister reported that the Air Force general, Marcelo Zegarrais also in custody but cannot yet be shown to the press because he is being “conducting research” special.
With these arrests there is a total of 21 people detained for the case that the minister named as “Failed Coup”and added that “These people commanded the destruction of the heritage of the Bolivian people”.
From the Castle revealed that the military communicated during the “Coup attempt” via the phone app ‘facetime‘ and they didn’t use social media.
“Juan José Zuñiga He did not work alone, these 21 people and these soldiers did not work unilaterally.”said the minister.
“Zuñiga He was a narcissist and called himself the ‘People’s Generala planetary leader’ (…) these behaviors will have to be evaluated by psychiatrists“said the minister.
The dismissed military chief Zuniga He led an action that he said From the Castle was looking for “change the government cabinet and “reestablish” democracy in the country.
He also said that they wanted to free “all political prisoners” and mentioned the former interim president Jeanine Añez (2019-2020) and the opposition governor Luis Fernando Camacho.
After a few hours of tension Zuñiga He withdrew his armed forces, later he was captured in the General Staff.
During his arrest he told the press that it was the president himself Maple who ordered him to take out “the armored vehicles” as a strategy for “raise your popularity”.
