translated from Spanish: Jeanine Añez cancels Bolivia trip for fear of attack

Bolivia’s Acting President Jeanine Añez on Monday canceled a trip within the country for fear of an attack, the Bolivian government reported, without providing further details pending the development of the operations against a so-called “criminal group.”
Bolivia’s Government Minister (Interior), Arturo Murillo, told the media in La Paz that he was identified as “a criminal group that wants to attack the president.”
“We have had to stop his journey to his homeland,” he added in reference to the city of Trinidad, capital of the Amazon region of Beni, of which it is native and which during this day celebrates the 177th anniversary of its creation as department of Bolivia.
Arturo Murillo said it was “very difficult to convince” the interim president and even made her position available if she insisted on traveling, “because her life is in danger” and it is “a matter of state security.” Eventually the interim head of state decided not to travel, the minister said.
“They want a Venezuela in Bolivia”
Murillo also stated that the joint operations that have been carrying out by police and military for a week allowed the detection of groups that attempt violent actions, which it called a “criminal organization with links to drug trafficking” and that “they want to do Venezuela in Bolivia.”
“We have very dark bodies, we are following in the footsteps,” he said without providing details. “We’re going to give them the utmost detail when we finish the operatives we’re doing,” he concluded at an appearance at the headquarters of the interim government.
Añez had posted on Twitter before his minister’s appearance a message of congratulations to his homeland for the anniversary: “I feel more Beniana and Bolivian than ever. Congratulations Beni!”
The president has been practicing on an interim basis since last Tuesday with the aim of calling elections, after a day earlier Evo Morales was siding in Mexico after announcing his resignation by denouncing him as a victim of a coup d’état between the opposition and the Police , several of whose units were mutinous against him.
Morales announced on Sunday, November 10, that he was resigning from power after receiving this “suggestion” from the military, among others, following a report by the Organization of American States that warned of serious irregularities in the elections of 20 October, in which was proclaimed the winner for a fourth consecutive term.

Original source in Spanish

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