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4 unusual facts about Porvenir Massacre


Leopoldo Fernández

Prosecutors (of the Ministerio Público) presented indictments against 26 people, including Fernández, for the Porvenir Massacre before the Sixth Sentencing Tribunal (Tribunal Sexto de Sentencia) on 12 October 2009.

Porvenir Massacre

In the early hours of September 11, 2008, a protest was organized by Prefectural authorities of the Bolivian Department of Pando, As a result of the ambush, near the city of Cobija, 19 protesters of the municipality of El Porvenir died that day.

The protesters were marching to the departmental capital of Cobija to protest departmental government actions during a national political crisis.

As a result of the ambush, 19 indigenous protesters of the municipality of El Porvenir died that day.



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