Sources: Vaca Diez Behind Death of Bolivian Miner

After consulting with various sources, we can report, kind readers: The President of the National Congress Hormando Vaca Diez is behind the death of the mineworker Juan Coro and the three wounded who are at this moment at Santa Barbara Hospital in Sucre. It seems that during his flight to Sucre from Santa Cruz this morning, accompanied by Mauricio Balcazar (the son-in-law of ex-president Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada), Vaca Diez ordered the Commander in Chief of the National Police, David Aramayo, to block the passage of all demonstrators who were marching toward the capital to surround the session of Congress.

It was members of the special forces group known as “The Dalmatians,” known for their brutal participation in the Water War of 2000 in Cochabamba, who repressed the mineworker’s march. Now, with this information confirmed, we can correct, for the peace of mind of all the world, BOLIVIA’S ARMED FORCES DID NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE REPRESSION.

Vaca Diez has gone to meet with Comandante Aramayo, suspending the work session he was holding with congressional party leaders. In that meeting where he tried to come to an agreement to bring the National Congress into session, Vaca Diez had told Congress members from the Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party that nobody will be able to stop him from becoming president, that he has the support to obtain it…

But the death of the miner changed the direction of the wind: the New Republican Force party (NFR), one of the rightwing parties that initially supported Vaca Dias, has decided to withdraw all support from the Senator from Santa Cruz in his attempt to arrive at the presidency.

Finally, two things: Some members of Congress have already opted to leave Sucre, due to the new political climate that is growing in that city. At the same time, in La Paz, President Carlos Mesa is now meeting with his entire cabinet to evaluate the situation…

Before signing off for the moment, we leave here for you and for history the information about the first victim of this stage of the conflict, that will fall upon Vaca Diez:

 Juan Carlos Coro, 51 years old, was hit by a bullet that perforated his abdomen, landing in his heart. Coro, President of the Mineworkers Cooperative “27 de Marzo” from Potosi, was shot when he was inside a bus belonging to his union…

More to come…