Honduran President condemns 'brutal attack' on Evo Morales, calls for safety

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President of HondurasXiomara Castrocondemned this Sunday the “violent try“against him former Bolivian President Evo Morales (2006-2019) and asked for “urgent” measures to be taken to guarantee the politician’s safety.

“I condemn the brutal attack carried out on former President @evoespueblo. Urgent measures must be taken to guarantee their safety,” Castro wrote on the social network X.

President of Honduras According to the report, he expressed “all his solidarity” with Morales, who said today that the car that was taking him to the station where he usually hosts his weekend program. he was shot 14 by unknown persons who injured the politician’s driver.

The former president told Coca radio station Kawsachun Coca that the pursuit of his car by two others carrying assailants occurred at 6:25 a.m. local time (10:25 GMT) on the route between the town of Villa Tunari and Lauca C, in the tropics. Cochabamba.

Morales said he noticed two or three trucks were following his vehicle, so his driver “changed” his route, but the pursuit did not stop. “That’s when I realized it was an operation,” he said.

The event was captured on a four-minute video taken by a woman in the car with Morales, which shows part of the event.

The developments come as the day marks two weeks of indefinite road blockades maintained by Morales’ followers to demand the government drop the human trafficking and statutory rape trial against Evo Morales, which they see as part of a political persecution. .

They also demand solutions to rising food prices, dollar shortages, irregular fuel supplies and respect for the MAS Congress, which in 2023 declared Morales the “sole candidate” for next year’s elections.

EFE

They tried to kill the ex-president @evoespueblo.
Former President Evo Morales survived an alleged assassination attempt in Shinajote, Bolivia. 14 shots were fired at the car in which he was traveling. His driver is injured.@C5N @guillermofavale @nandotocho pic.twitter.com/iKq9eefWjd

— Claudia Ferreira (@ClaudiFormosa) October 27, 2024

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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