New Suspects of Terrorism in
Bolivia
LA PAZ - The Bolivian Attorney General's
Office summoned for Tuesday new suspects to
give evidence in the case of the terrorist
network neutralized in April 2009 in the
eastern Santa Cruz department.
According to
Attorney Marcelo Soza, who is leading the
probe, former soldier Zoilo Salces, and Juan
Carlos Suarez, representative of the
Stockbreeder Federation in the region of
Beni, should state about their links with
members of the extremist gangs.
Josue Shiriqui, brother of the mayor-elect
in Trinidad, capital city of Beni, and the
city's Mayor Moises Shiriqui, are expected
to appear in court.
Carlos Dellien, director of Beni's Emergency
Operation Center and Hans Melgar, lawyer and
brother of Alberto Melgar, former civic
leader in Beni, were also called to appear
in court on April 29.
The Executive confiscated a weapon and
munitions depot in Santa Cruz on April 12,
and will investigate its relation with the
paramilitary group, led by Bolivian-Croatian
Eduardo Rozsa Flores, shot dead during the
police operation.
According to Soza, rifles, large-bore
projectiles (mauser, M16, 9 milimeters) and
shotguns found last week belong to the house
of Alfredo Asbun, who along with two other
people were tried in the United States for
armaments trafficking to Bolivia.
Soza also informed about the raid carried
out at the house of Ronald Castedo, former
president of the main telephone company in
Santa Cruz, and a place for meetings of the
"Caballeros del Oriente" lodge that he said
to be related to extremists.
On April 16, 2009, a group of agents from a
Bolivian police unit burst into "Las
Americas" Hotel in Santa Cruz, and took a
paramilitary commando group by surprise.
Along with Rozsa Flores, Irish Michael Dwyer
and Hungarian-Croatian Arpad Magyarosi were
killed in the police operation.
Two other members of the terrorist cell:
Bolivian-Croatian Mario Tadic and Hungarian
Elod Toaso were also arrested two days later
and are still prisoners in La Paz. |
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