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The senseless killing of Julio Llanos in October 2019 remains unpunished. Beaten by MAS supporters, he died of medical complications around a month later. @db_beaulieu/1320362198158508033Permalink On twitter.com
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The Áñez goverment did not bring his killers, evidently from Llallagua, to justice. Now his comrades and family fear than a MAS-IPSP government will let them go permanently unpunished. noticiasfides.com/nacional/seguridad/a-11-meses-de-la-muerte-de-julio-llanos-la-investigacion-se-estanco-en-el-ministerio-publico-406888On twitter.com
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Julio Llanos—who had co-led a seven-year-long vigil demanding information and reparations for victims of the 1964-82 military dictatorships—found his protest camp in the crosshairs of misguided partisans of Evo Morales.Permalink On twitter.com
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Indirectly, he was the victim of the Morales administration's tendency to label any opposition, from TIPNIS to Potosí strikers to striking teachers as either dupes of the right wing, or as "golpistas": active supporters of a coup.Permalink On twitter.com
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That polarizing rhetoric contributed to Llanos' beating and ultimately his death.Permalink On twitter.com
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(Incidentally, this pattern—that Morales and his closest advisors cried wolf so many times regarding protesters facilitating a coup—complicated reactions when the wolf finally came.)Permalink On twitter.com