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With the death of Julio Pinto Mamani, the death toll from the Bolivian crisis of 2019 rises to 38. Police and military were responsible for at least 26, and as many as 29 deaths in the aftermath of Evo Morales’ ouster. @OllieVargas79/1271465834800656386
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In ten days, the police and military killed more protesters than they had in the previous ten years (21). Senkata & Sacaba were the deadliest individual days of violence since the anti-Morales Porvenir massacre on Sep 11, 2008.
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Seven civilians and two police officers died during two days of interim military rule. Finally, twenty-four civilians were killed after the swearing in of President Jeanine Áñez, all but one of them by joint military-police operations in response to protests.
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Most deaths stem from the interim military and Añez government decision to reverse the order given by President Carlos Mesa in January 2005 to restrict military involvement in policing protest.
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As many as five of those killed by security forces at Senkata and nine altogether may have been bystanders not participating in protest.
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A comprehensive international investigation of these abuses under the auspices of the Inter-Amercian Commission on Human Rights is scheduled to get underway in October. woborders.blog/2020/05/03/expert-group-investigate/
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There is major recent reporting that the Senkata massacre was followed by vicious torture of imprisoned demonstrators and passersby. @CarwilBJ/1271190684444344320