BOLIVIAN COURT ORDERS ARREST OF FORMER PRESIDENT SANCHEZ DE LOZADA, FIVE OTHERS

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• Publication Date: May 18, 2009

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Villa� Evo Morales
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COURT ORDERS ARREST OF FORMER PRESIDENT SANCHEZ DE LOZADA,
FIVE OTHERS (U) REF: 1. HIGHLIGHTS: BOLIVIA PRESS 18 MAY 09
LAP20090518031001 BOLIVIA � OSC SUMMARY SPANISH 0000 GMT 18
MAY 09(U) SOURCE: MADRID.EFE IN ENGLISH 2155 GMT 18 MAY 09 (U)
TEXT: "Bolivian Court Orders Arrest of Fugitive Officials" EFE Headline (U)
News Agencies OSC Transcribed Text This productmay contain copyrighted
material; authorized use is for national security purposes of the United States
Government only. Any reproduction, dissemination, or use Is subject to the OSC
usage policy and the original copyright (U) Sucre, Bolivia, May 18 (EFE).- The
Bolivian,Supreme Court on Monday ordered the arrest of six Members of
2002:2003 government of Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada to face trial for the
deaths of 63 protesters at the hands of security forces in October 2003. The six
former Cabinet ministers are in Peru, the United States and Spain and the court
order authorizes the Bolivian Attorney General's Office to request their .
extradition. Angel frusta, head of the panel of judges set up for the trial of
Sanchez de Lozada and some of his aides, announced his decision after
beginning the hearing to determine who bears responsibility for the "Black
October" killings. The court later adjourned because a defense attorney filed a
motion asking that all of the trial judges be replaced. Only eight of the 17 people
accused in the case were present for Monday's session in Sucre, the old colonial
capital that is the seat of BolivIa's Supreme Court. Irusta declared the missing
accused parties to be In contempt of court and ordered the capture of former
ministers Jorge Torres Obleas, Mire's Quevedo and Javier Torres Goftia, who
have received asylum or are considered refugees in Peru. The court will also
Issue arrest warrants for Guido" Anez Moscoso, who lives In the United States,
and Hugo Carvajal, who, according to preliminary Information provided by
prosecutors, is in Spain pursuing a request for asylum. The court also ordered
the arrest of former Minister Yerko Kukoc, whose whereabouts are unknown.
Attending the hearing were several ex-ministers, including Adalberto Kuajara,
Dante Pino and Erick Reyes Villa, as well as five former armed forces �
commanders who directed the military repression operations In 2003. For the
accused whowere declared tabs in contempt - eight ex-ministers and SanChee-'.
de Lozada - the statue of limitations will be suspended until they can be brought
back to Bolivia. The October 2003 protests forced Sanchez de Lozada from office
and he currently lives in the United States. A leader of those demonstrations, Evo
Morales, went on to be elected president in December 2005. EFE Description of
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