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The First Victim Falls in Bolivia

A few minutes ago the miners that were headed for Sucre, to stop Hormando Vaca Diez from becoming president of Bolivia, faced repressive forces in the town of Yotala… and one of those miners has died.

It seems that a peaceful miners’ march was held back with gas and bullets by a combined group of military and police. Mineworker Juan Coro, president of the March 27 Miners’ Cooperative, received a gunshot wound and died on the spot. Four others are injured.

The Federation of Bolivian Miners’ Cooperatives (FENCOMIN) has confirmed that this came from an “order from Vaca Diez,” part of his plan to take power.

In several communities around Sucre, the military has begun to arrest social leaders and stop the demonstrators heading towards the capital to surround the National Congress, or join the blockades.  

The first victim has fallen… the scenario has gotten much darker…

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