Jenny to face trial in Senkata’s death

Former interim president Jeanine Áñez and 17 others were accused at the start of the trial of clashes that took place on November 19, 2019 in Sencata (El Alto), in the midst of a political crisis following the presidential succession. The events took place after the resignation of Evo Morales. He is accused of genocide. The defendants are: the former president, three former ministers, 11 former military chiefs and three former police chiefs.

“We call on all the victims of 2019 to show up in front of the El Alto Courthouse because we will have a vigil, the trial will not be in person, the trial will be virtual; but still We will hold a protest vigil Seek justice,” declared David Inca, Senkata’s victims coordinator.

On November 19, activists and organizations They reject the Jeanne Áñez government They blocked the Senkata area, one of the main fuel depots. Army and police forces arrived and suppressed the clashes. Ten people died and 31 were injured in the clashes.

Experts determined that the deaths and injuries were caused by large-caliber weapons.

This trial is not linked to the “Coup One” or “Coup Two” cases. This is the third trial against the former presidentJeanne Añez, the victim accused her of being responsible for authorizing the soldiers to leave and shoot at protesters.

“They set a date for my lynching: September 2. The judicial assassins, a group incapable of trying former presidents and beholden to the Arce and Evo Morales regimes, will denounce me for ‘genocide,'” the former president wrote on July 8, when he learned of the official charges.

The list of those accused includes: former President Jeanine Añez Chávez; former ministers Arturo Murillo Prigic, Fernando López Julio and Victor Hugo Zamora Castelodo; the first is imprisoned in the United States and the last two abroad.

And former military leaders: Luis Fernando Valverde Ferrufino, Army General and former head of the National Hydrocarbons Administration (ANH); Sergio Orellana Centellas, former commander-in-chief of the armed forces; Pablo Guerra Camacho, former chief of staff; Aldo Bravo Méndez, former inspector general of the armed forces; Moisés Mejía Heredia, former commander of the navy; Ciro Álvarez Guzmán, former commander of the Bolivian Air Force; Iván Inchauste Rioja, former commander-in-chief of the army; Franco Suárez González, former commander of Mechanized I; Julio Cesar Tamayo Rivera, former commander of the Rivera, former deputy secretary of the Third Logistics Department; Miguel Santiesteban, former deputy commander of the Satinadores Regiment in Challapata; and Alfredo Irrazabal Guzmán, former deputy commander of the Condor School in Yacuba.

They were joined by former police chiefs: Rodolfo Montero Torrico, former police chief; Julio Cordero Alborta, former department commander in La Paz; and Iván Rojas del Carpio, former regional commander of the El Alto police department.