The former president of Bolivia Evo Morales denounces that he has been the victim of an assassination attempt

The former president of Bolivia Evo Morales denounced this Sunday that he was the victim of an assassination attempt when the vehicle in which he was traveling was shot fourteen times. Morales has pointed out the current president and former protégé, Luis Arce, as responsible.

Morales was heading from Villa Tunari to Lauca Ñ, in the center of the country, to participate in a radio program when his car began to receive several shots, some of which hit the front window.

Specifically, he explained that two vehicles participated in the attack. “A car came to block us in front of us. This is already an operation, I said,” he said in his program on the Kawsachun Coca radio station. First, three shots were heard, before which Morales, who was traveling in the right front seat, crouched down and asked the driver, who was injured, to speed up.

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One of the bullets hit one of the wheels of the armored vehicle in which he was traveling, with the aim of making it stop, so they were forced to change vehicles. Morales has reported that since he was crouching he could not see the attackers, but they later told him that they were “hooded, completely black” men.

For Morales, it is “a clear assassination attempt,” since one of the bullets was aimed where he was and missed by a few centimeters. “Mother Earth has saved us,” he assured.

Morales explained that one of his drivers suffered injuries to the head and arm but “finally we saved his life”, without giving further details about his condition.

ACCUSE ARCE

The former president, finally, accuses his former Minister of Economy and current president of the country, Luis Arce, of this assassination attempt, with whom he has had numerous clashes in recent months. Now Arce intends to “eliminate” him not only legally, morally and politically, but also attempts against his life. “Lucho went crazy,” he said.

However, “the Government failed.” In any case, even if the assassination attempts were successful, the people will rise up. “This is not against Evo, it is against the indigenous movement,” he argued.

Morales has promised that he will continue with his “comrades” in the tropics despite these attacks. “I have not escaped. I have no reason to escape. I am not a criminal,” he argued.

Regarding speculation about the possible imposition of emergency measures in response to the blockades maintained by his supporters on the country’s roads, Evo has warned that “if there is a state of siege, we rise and break.”

Morales has also commented on the changes in the Military High Command established on Saturday night and has assured that they are due to the fact that “the commanders did not want to comply with the militarization until there is a formal order, which will now be established by supreme decree.”

The indigenous leader has also denounced that they are mobilizing police forces towards Cochabamba, mainly towards the town of Lauca Ñ, for which he has asked the Six Federations of the Tropics to be attentive and prepare for “any attempt at aggression” by the forces of the order.