General who led coup attempt arrested – 2024-07-20 05:07:17

by times news cr

2024-07-20 05:07:17

The attempted coup d’état was warned by Luis Arce himself, who denounced an unusual movement of military troops in Plaza Murillo, in La Paz.

The State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) informed arrest of General Juan José Zúñiga, who led the attempted coup d’état in Bolivia.

The organism He ordered the capture of Zúñiga and “all the other participants” of this attempt to overthrow the government of Luis Arce.

The arrest of the high-ranking Army officer occurred near the Armed Forces General Staff, in the Miraflores area of ​​the city of La Paz.

In a statement from the FGE, it was detailed that “the initiation of all legal actions that correspond to the start of the criminal investigation against General Juan José Zúñiga and all other participants in the events that occurred” was ordered.

The attempted coup d’état was warned by Luis Arce himself, who denounced an unusual movement of military troops in Plaza Murillo, in La Paz, after seeing a series of tanks in the sector.

In addition, the Prosecutor’s Office ordered “the deployment of all necessary efforts to obtain the elements of conviction, as well as the issuance of the requests, summons orders, warrants and duly substantiated resolutions that correspond to the clarification of the investigated fact and the imposition of the maximum sanction to those responsible.”

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