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Genocide
Trial
Resumes
in
Bolivia
Sucre,
Bolivia
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The
Black
October
trial
resumes
Monday
after
a
deferment
requested
due
to
the
illness
of
one
of
the
defendants.
Gen.
Juan
Veliz,
detained
at
the
San
Roque
penitentiary,
was
the
plaintiff
who
requested
the
postponement,
said
Angel
Irusta,
president
of
the
Sentencing
Tribunal
of
the
Supreme
Court.
In
the
trial,
former
President
Gonzalo
Sanchez
de
Lozada
and
various
of
his
administration
officials
face
genocide
charges
related
to a
massacre
of
68
people
on
Oct.
17,
2003,
when
thousands
of
people
in
El
Alto
participated
in
an
anti-government
protest.
Military
repression
of
the
demonstration
resulted
in
the
68
dead
and
more
than
400
injured.
Sanchez
de
Lozada,
who
resigned,
and
several
other
defendants,
fled
to
other
countries
and
have
not
been
extradited.
The
trial
will
not
be
affected
by
the
death
of
former
government
ninister
Yerko
Kukoc,
another
defendant,
said
the
Attorney
General��s
Office.
The
victims��
relatives
condemned
what
they
called
maneuvers
to
delay
the
trial.
Efforts
are
underway
to
delay
the
trial
until
the
Supreme
Court
is
dissolved
and
gives
way
to
the
Supreme
Tribunal,
whose
members
are
to
be
elected
in
October,
said
Juan
Quispe,
president
of
the
Association
of
Relatives
of
the
October
Victims.
Family
members
organized
a
vigil
outside
the
Supreme
Court
to
prevent
new
witnesses,
who
are
being
used
solely
to
deliberately
delay
the
process,
Quispe
said.
Corrupt
judges
and
doctors
are
also
delaying
justice,
because,
for
example,
Veliz��s
recovery
was
confirmed
by
medical
certificates,
he
added.
According
to
Quispe,
the
Sentencing
Tribunal
should
stay
firm
and
not
allow
any
more
suspensions
on
any
grounds. |
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