-
#BoliviaEnCrisis #Senkata At least two civilians dead, more than 10 wounded as Bolivian security forces open fire at blockaded Senkata refinery. @ErbolDigital/1196873742472957958
-
Multiple initial reports indicate that security forces used lethal violence to contain arson and property destruction by demonstrators.
-
Earlier today, military and police had negotiated a 48-hour pause in the week long blockade of the metropolis's main supply of natural gas fuel. But police deployed tear gas alongside the convoy anyway.
-
#Senkata #BoliviaEnCrisis The security forces have shot to kill. Protesters have committed severe property destruction in a hazardous setting. Not morally equivalent. Both part of a spiral of escalation.
-
#Senkata #BoliviaEnCrisis This is the moment when both sides will rampantly report that the other side unilaterally or prematurely escalated. Unfortunately, people who aren't there are often writing the narrative. Wait for reliable witnesses to describe the sequence of events.
-
#Senkata Here was the overall scenario in Senkata, a dayslong blockade at a strategically and historically significant location… @CarwilBJ/1196166284045631489
-
#Senkata Earlier today, the government moved to truck fuel out of the site. Shortly thereafter, it teargassed the crowd. @CarwilBJ/1196826070814797826
-
#Senkata The last three hours have seen extreme violence and unusually destructive property destruction. I'm not going to try to reconstruct yet.
-
#Senkata A likely reliable, and clearly sequenced account is available from journalist Eleuterio Choque @ELEchoqueM. You have to go several hours deep into his tweets to get the sequence. Even then, remember that rapid-fire reports may misconnect events or get things wrong.
-
Your tweets on #Senkata will go around the world. So don't tweet what you can't confirm to be true.