Heads of Bolivia’s army and navy sacked and arrested over failed coup
Minister says ex-officers will be charged with crimes after Wednesday’s apparent mutiny in volatile countryThe former heads of Bolivia’s army and navy are among a dozen people so far arrested for their alleged roles in a seemingly bungled military coup designed to topple the South American country’s leftwing president, Luis Arce.Speaking on Thursday morning, just over 12 hours after the fleeting insurrection in La Paz, Bolivia’s minister of government, Eduardo Del Castillo, accused the former army chief, Gen Juan José Zúñiga Macías, and the former head of the navy, R Adm Juan Arnez Salvador, of leading a group of putschists who had “conspired to bring down a democratically elected government”. Continue reading...

Minister says ex-officers will be charged with crimes after Wednesday’s apparent mutiny in volatile country
The former heads of Bolivia’s army and navy are among a dozen people so far arrested for their alleged roles in a seemingly bungled military coup designed to topple the South American country’s leftwing president, Luis Arce.
Speaking on Thursday morning, just over 12 hours after the fleeting insurrection in La Paz, Bolivia’s minister of government, Eduardo Del Castillo, accused the former army chief, Gen Juan José Zúñiga Macías, and the former head of the navy, R Adm Juan Arnez Salvador, of leading a group of putschists who had “conspired to bring down a democratically elected government”. Continue reading...