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Saturday, November 16, 2019

At Least Five Killed by Security Forces in Massacre in Cochabamba, Bolivia

November 16, 2019

Protests against the civic-military coup have been growing in strength across the country and security forces have responded with brutal repression.

Bolivian security forces killed as many as five protesters on November 15 near the Huayllani bridge in Sacaba, Cochabamba and gravely injured hundreds. The Indigenous and peasant protesters, who hail from six coca-farmer federations, were attempting to march from the small city of Sacaba to the department’s capital, Cochabamba when they were met with a military and police cordon. As the peaceful march attempted to advance, soldiers and police officers fired at the protesters with tear gas canisters and live bullets.

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