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As we await further details on the death of Basilio Titi Topolo in Potosí on Tuesday, it's worth remembering that many people have died of the medical sequelae of violent conflict over the years in Bolivia…Permalink On twitter.com
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August 1987: Teacher Alfredo Martínez Rodas suffered a heart attack and asphyxiation after being struck with a tear gas canister.Permalink On twitter.com
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June 1988: At least four coca growers drowned in a river after fleeing military gunfire during the Villa Tunari massacre.Permalink On twitter.com
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Julio Sibila Aldana, the departmental leader of the MIR party, was beaten by opponents in April 1991. He remained hospitalized until dying of medical complications in November 1992.Permalink On twitter.com
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April 2001: Catalina Quispe Villarroel died of a heart attack following tear gas inhalation during a small lenders' protest.Permalink On twitter.com
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January 2002: Roberto Vargas Villarroel, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage follwing tear gas inhalation during the Sacaba coca conflict.Permalink On twitter.com
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October 2003: Kevin Colquehuanca Chambilla was crushed to death after his mother fell fleeing military gunfire in the Gas War, El Alto.Permalink On twitter.com
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November 2019: Journalist Sebastián Moro dies of an ischemic stroke following multiple traumas from a beating. Police officer Heyber Yamil Antelo Alarcon dies in a vehicle crash while evading hostile protesters. Silverio Condori dies falling into an abyss escaping gunfire.Permalink On twitter.com
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And dissident Julio Llanos died on November 28, 2019, from the medical sequelae to his October 28 beating.On twitter.com
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There is no simple dichotomy between dying while fleeing violence and dying from the trauma of violence. Nor a simple dichotomy from medical conditions brought in the wake of violence and those directly and immediately caused by blows, gunshots, or tear gas impacts.Permalink On twitter.com