They present two apprehended for videos of "pisacocas" on TikTok and arrest six other people

 The Minister of Government, Eduardo del Castillo, presented two people arrested on Tuesday and reported the arrest of six other people for investigative purposes for the videos of "pisacocas" published on the TikTok social network.

"We carried out a cyber patrol operation by intelligence groups in the face of the multiple publications on the Tik Tok social network, where people involved in acts related to drug trafficking could be seen," said the minister.

He explained that the operation was carried out on the border of the departments of Cochabamba and Santa Cruz, where members of the Mobile Police Unit for Rural Areas (Umopar) managed to hijack six vehicles, destroyed nine controlled substance factories and apprehended Elmer Filar Chiri Vedia and Fortunato Guzman Aramayo.

"They would be the people who would be involved in the crimes of public incitement to commit crimes, controlled substance trafficking, controlled substance factories and apology for crime, these would be the subjects who would be uploading content linked to controlled substance trafficking in our country," he said. .

In the controversial videos, a group of young people, in addition to showing the process of making drugs, showed off the money they generated from this illicit activity.

Del Castillo says that precautions will be taken to take care of Evo's life

 The former president indicated that he is subject to "permanent monitoring."

The Minister of Government, Eduardo del Castillo, announced this Monday that they will take measures to protect the life of the head of the MAS, Evo Morales, who on Sunday assured that he is being spied on and asked the Luis Arce administration for guarantees.

"In the case of a former president who feels persecuted, the corresponding precautions will be taken to protect his life and his integrity," Del Castillo declared at the press conference to present the recaptured beneficiaries by Judge Rafael Alcón.

Former President Morales denounced that he is being spied on and that he is subject to permanent monitoring. That is why he asked the government to guarantee his safety and added that he is investigating whether these actions come "from the right" or from the United States Embassy.

“We denounce that we are being persecuted, spied on and subjected to permanent monitoring. We are investigating whether these illegal actions come from the right or the US Embassy. Our government must control these groups and guarantee the safety of the people,” the former president tweeted yesterday.

Morales' complaints come after the United States Department of State published on Wednesday the photo of the former director of the Special Force Against Drug Trafficking Maximiliano Dávila to offer a reward of five million dollars for information on his links with drug trafficking, the which will lead to a conviction against you.

The US government also formally requested the Foreign Ministry, the preventive detention of Dávila for extradition purposes.

Arce reports that they found 350 billion cubic feet of gas in Margarita-Huacaya

 He said that when the government took office he found the hydrocarbon sector deteriorated, there was no investment and the exploration that was being carried out, unfortunately, had not produced results.

President Luis Arce reported this Saturday the discovery of a gas reserve of between 300 and 350 billion cubic feet of gas in the Margarita-Huacaya well, as a result of exploration work that began last year.

Arce released the information during the delivery of a drinking water system in Coipasa, a municipality of the same name in the department of Oruro, where he stressed that this work began in his management and the results were immediate.

He said that when he assumed the government he found the hydrocarbon sector deteriorated, there was no investment and the exploration that was being carried out, unfortunately, had not yielded results.

“Last year we started an exploration in the Margarita Huacaya well, in our government. That well is giving us good results, we are finding gas reserves, in this well that we explore in our management, in the order of 300 to 350 billion cubic feet”, he stated.

He assured that this deterioration will gradually be reversed because the reserve found will begin to be exploited, which will also mean higher IDH income for mayors and governors.

He indicated that the country will begin to have the capacity to export gas to generate greater economic income for the country.

"That is the great news that we wanted to give," said the president who is visiting Oruro on the occasion of the start of his anniversary on February 10.

Justice is harsh in five opposition cases and does not act with the ruling party

 Community Citizen maintains that the "partialization of justice is reprehensible." In the Movement Towards Socialism they state that no one will be undermined, be it from the ruling party or the opposition side

Five cases show that the administration of justice system is implacable with opponents, but does not act in the case of pro-government supporters. The opposition points out that justice is biased and applies a "double standard" in its actions. The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS), on the other hand, indicates that those who commit crimes should be punished, regardless of their strength.

“When it comes to an opposition mayor, whoever he is, they immediately act, which is not bad. So, with that speed, you should act with everyone. But when it comes to their mayors, their authorities, they do not act. This partialization of justice is reprehensible”, declared Senator Andrea Barrientos, of the Citizen Community (CC).

From the MAS, deputy Sandro Ramírez said that those who commit crimes should be punished, regardless of the party they are from. “The message from our brother president Luis Arce has been clear: that all those who commit crimes will not be undermined, will not be hidden, must be punished, whether they belong to any political party, whether they are from the opposition or from the ruling party” , assured.

The Santos and Mamani cases

The governor of La Paz, Santos Quispe (Jallalla), was caught Tuesday night with alcoholic beverages and in a drunken state in his office. He was apprehended and transferred to police cells. The Prosecutor's Office charged him with the alleged commission of the crimes of improper use of public goods and services and obstruction of justice.

On Thursday, in the precautionary hearing, the First Anti-Corruption Court determined his house arrest with the right to work, a root and, in addition, set a bail of 70,000 bolivianos and a prohibition to consume alcoholic beverages.

The same did not happen in Potosí, where the case of the irregular purchase of 41 ambulances for 20.5 million Bolivians broke out. The contract was signed between Governor Jhonny Mamani (MAS) and the supplier company Estefals Logistics, on November 26, 2021.

The Potosi Government denounced 17 subordinates and opened a process against the supplier company, but did not take any action against Mamani. On the other hand, the Prosecutor's Office did not act ex officio, but there are two complaints that were admitted.

Arias and Chavez

The same day that Iván Arias (Somos Pueblo) was released as mayor of the city of La Paz, on May 4, 2021, he was summoned to a hearing in the framework of the case of an alleged irregular appointment in the position of director of the Center for Communications La Paz, when he was serving as Minister of Public Works (December 2019 - November 2020).

The Prosecutor charged Arias for the alleged commission of the crimes of breach of duties and others. On June 18, 2021, in a precautionary hearing, Judge Claudia Castro determined his arrest and a bail of 30,000 bolivianos.

The opposition asks that attorney Wilfredo Chávez be prosecuted in the same way, because on February 2 it was learned that Ibert René Renato Aguilar Mamani, sentenced since 2017 for improper exercise of the profession, works as general director of administrative affairs in the Attorney General's Office of the Condition. However, the Prosecutor's Office did not comment on the matter.

The conviction against Aguilar was finalized in January and the Constitution, in its article 234, establishes that in order to access the performance of public functions it is required not to have a finalized charge sheet, nor a finalized conviction in criminal matters.

Ghost Items and Las Londras

The Ghost Items case broke out in November 2021, as a result of a complaint filed by Valeria Rodríguez against her ex-partner Antonio Parada, former director of Human Resources of the Santa Cruz Mayor's Office. That complaint revealed the existence of 800 ghost items.

The action of the State Attorney General's Office (FGE) entered the scene on December 3, when it formed a "special commission", which it sent from Sucre (Chuquisaca) so that it can "carry out an inspection and supervision" of the case. On December 5, the Government announced that it would join as a plaintiff, and on November 19, former President Evo Morales told Attorney General Juan Lanchipa: “It is time to put order” in the case.

After that statement, days later, former mayor Angélica Sosa (Santa Cruz Para Todos) was arrested and on December 24, a judge sent her to Palmasola for preventive detention.

The FGE did not send a "special commission" from Sucre for the Las Londras case. The incident occurred on October 28, in the ranch called Las Londras, in Guarayos (Santa Cruz), when journalists from five media outlets, in addition to police and civilians, were illegally held for seven hours by an irregular group. The communicators went to the place to verify reports of subjugation. A day later, the Prosecutor's Office opened the investigation.

Contradictions arose about the incident and its alleged link with the Interculturals, one of the MAS organizations. On October 31, the leader Isidro Patzi supported "those comrades" who entered "to grab a piece of land." However, on November 2, another intercultural leader, Guido Cuadrado, stated that "we don't even have an intercultural person on that property."

On November 24, 2021, the Police presented Heber Sixto Canaza as the main accused of leading the kidnapping in Las Londras. However, more than three months have passed and no progress has been made in the investigations, as journalists from Santa Cruz stated on January 28, when they protested with a sit-in at the Command.

Revilla and Vera

The Public Ministry issued an arrest warrant against former mayor Luis Revilla (Sol.Bo), on January 24, the same day that Jesús Vera, a neighborhood leader and former MAS candidate, said that the Prosecutor's Office should issue an arrest warrant against the former authority.

Five days later, Revilla declared himself in hiding, before his wife was summoned to testify in the framework of the case in which Vera accuses the former mayor of buying the PumaKatari buses at an overpriced price.

Vera, president of the Federation of Neighborhood Councils of La Paz related to MAS, is the main accused of the burning of 66 PumaKatari buses, which occurred on the night of November 10, 2019. The complaint was filed on November 15, 2019 by the alleged commission of the crimes of criminal organization, public incitement to commit a crime, destruction or deterioration of State property and national wealth, and aggravated robbery. The neighborhood leader is under house arrest, which the municipality denounces that he violated.

Colcapirhua case

On Thursday, the mayor of Colcapirhua, Nelson Gallinate (CC), was arrested after his offices were raided. He is accused of the alleged irregular purchase of nasal antigen tests for the diagnosis of covid.

The CC management suspended Gallinate while the investigation continues and clarifies his alleged involvement. The alliance also expressed its distrust in the judicial system and prosecutors, for their way of acting.

“We maintain our distrust in the actions of the justice system and the prosecutors, clearly controlled by the MAS, who act in a totally servile and biased manner in cases such as that of the Governor of Potosí, who is protected and managed, while They intervene with imprisonment and spectacular police actions, in other events that have to do with opposition authorities,” said CC.

The governor of Potosí says that he does not give a "fuck" what the media say about the ambulance case

 "Sometimes, when the right attacks us, it is because we have committed a simple crime, working hand in hand with our people," said the masista authority without making further reference to the issue.

With the case of the 41 'ghost' ambulances acquired by the Government of Potosí still unresolved, the highest departmental authority, Jhonny Mamani, stepped forward to say that the corruption case detected is an "attack from the right" and that "give a damn" what the media says about it.

The complaint about this alleged case of corruption not only affects the governor, but also the upper echelons of his environment, since a series of irregularities were detected that were also observed by the central administration of the Movement Toward Socialism, a political bloc that is also Mommy replies.

The authority participated in an act held in Uncía, capital of the Bustillo province of the department of Potosí to participate in the festival of the Virgen de la Candelaria. In the place, he said that he is the governor thanks to the votes of that region and, in that sense, he accepted the project that was presented to him for the construction of an educational unit.

According to the report of the newspaper El Potosí, Mamani pointed out that, by decision of the applicants, the new school will be called María Ayma, in homage to the mother of the MAS leader, Juan Evo Morales.

However, what caught our attention was his reference to the observations that exist regarding the acquisition of ambulances, a subject to which he did not refer openly, but rather referred to what was already mentioned and highlighted that "sometimes, when the right attacks, it is because we have committed a simple crime, working hand in hand with our people".

He added: "What we promise, we fulfill. We are not a cartel of lies."

The videos of his stay in Uncía were published on the official Facebook account of the Government of Potosí. In them you can see that almost all the people are crowded and without a mask. Mamani himself speaks openly, according to the report.

At the moment, the ambulance case has not yet been resolved, but from the central government they affirm that there are serious indications of corruption, just as they reiterated that they will not tolerate these events.

Dávila joins the list of rewards that the US offers for Maduro and "El Mayo" Zambada

 The Venezuelan president is wanted for his alleged links to narco-terrorism, according to the DEA, which is also going after the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.

The reward offered by the United States Department of State for anyone who delivers information that helps capture former Bolivian anti-drug chief Maximiliano Dávila joins a list that includes Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and "El Mayo" Zambada, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. All three have in common their ties to drug trafficking, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

Maduro is accused by the anti-drug agency and the US government of being part of the drug-terrorist network called the Cartel de los Soles.

The investigations show that this cartel was dedicated to sending drugs from 1999 to the United States. It is presumed that Maduro is the leader of the organization in which Maikel Moreno, Vladimir Padrino López, Diosdado Cabello, Hugo Carvajal and Clivez Alcala also participate, reported El Tiempo.

The Venezuelan president offers a 15 million dollar reward for anyone who delivers information that helps his capture; for the other names up to 10 million are offered.

The Sinaloa Cartel

In September of last year, the State Department's Narcotics Rewards Program (NRP) tripled the payment for anyone who provides information that helps locate Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel.

The economic compensation for the informant began with the amount currently offered by the Bolivian Dávila: five million dollars, a figure that by the end of 2021 tripled to 15 million US dollars.

This is the second largest reward offered so far by the US administration to find a drug trafficker, according to the Los Angeles Times.

First of all, there are the 20 million dollars that the NRP offers if an informant provides data for the capture of the Mexican Rafael Caro Quintero, "El Narco de Narcos" or "The number 1", the most wanted drug trafficker by the United States Justice .

Five million for "El Macho"

The State Department made official on Tuesday a reward of five million dollars for whoever delivers information that leads to the conviction in a New York court of Bolivian Colonel Maximiliano Dávila, alias "El Macho", linked to a criminal organization that trafficked drugs and weapons, between July 2019 and September 2020.

Dávila is the former director of the Special Force to Fight Drug Trafficking or Felcn. During his period in office as director of the Felcn, Dávila is believed to have used his position to protect aircraft used to transport cocaine through third countries for distribution. in the US In addition, both before and during the performance of his duties as director of the Felcn, Dávila was allegedly involved in drug trafficking and money laundering activities”, details the press release published yesterday by the State Department.

A DEA investigation determined that Dávila offered airports and protection to an organization that transported drugs from Bolivia to the United States. There are recordings of the meetings that the former anti-drug chief held with drug traffickers.

For this fact, the Court of the Southern District of New York opened a process against those involved and set a millionaire reward for whoever gives information that leads to his conviction.

The website of the Department of State details that the NRP rewards program made it possible for at least 75 "transnational criminals" to be captured and brought to justice in the United States, with the disbursement of rewards that exceed 135 million dollars.

"More than 75 major transnational criminals and drug traffickers have been brought to justice under the NRP and the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program (Tocrp) since the NRP's inception in 1986. The Department has paid out more than $135 million in rewards for information that led to arrests," details the State Department.

The NRP had on its list of criminals with "reward value" criminals such as Joaquín "Chapo" Guzmán, for whom a reward of five million dollars was set to be delivered to the informant who helps locate him.

Also on the NRP payroll was former Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, who was killed by US forces in Pakistan in 2011.

At the time, the program offered 25 million dollars for information for the capture of the terrorist, accused of being responsible for the attack on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.

Governor Quispe is taken to the Felcc after being surprised with alcoholic beverages in his office

 The governor of La Paz, Santos Quispe, was taken early this Wednesday to the offices of the Special Force to Fight Crime (Felcc), after being surprised in an apparent state of drunkenness and with alcoholic beverages inside his office.

“They called us at midnight because of the noise that was in the Government, we have caught him in a drunken state and it is unfortunate that the first authority of La Paz is in this state,” said Assemblyman Israel Alanoca, who broadcast the moment on Facebook. in which they entered Quispe's office and surprised him while he was consuming alcoholic beverages.

The assemblyman maintained that when they received the complaint and arrived at the Governor's office, he was locked in the office along with other people.

"He was already locked up when we arrived and there are other people," Alanoca is heard saying on the broadcast.

Governor Quispe, in his office, in front of a bag with beer cans.

At the time of the intervention, one of the people who accompanied the Governor tried in vain to stop the television cameras and cell phones from recording Quispe, while he asked to speak to the press.

“I want to talk to the press for a while. These tests have been implanted in me, you know that they have implanted me and a thousand things are going to be done. I came from a place to rest here because I have activity at 5:00, but those people are always going to give me beer, whatever it is”, declared the Governor.

Quispe insisted that his detractors were accusing him without foundation and that everything that happened is part of a new attempt to remove him from the Government.

"They have implanted me... my conscience is clear, let them implant it. They are going to want to remove me all my life, they will want to remove me, I am not afraid because after all those people have implanted me, a thousand things are going to implant here, I they are going to want to get rid of the government," he declared.

After a few minutes, the police arrived at the scene and Quispe was taken to the Felcc offices, where he spent the night and only at six in the morning was he transferred to the police cells, where he remains at this time (7:40), reported Unitel.

Assemblywoman María Esther Góngora announced that they will request the removal of the Governor, since as the main authority of La Paz he ordered restrictions due to the pandemic.

“We have found him drinking in the midst of a pandemic, he should set an example. We are going to request the dismissal of the Governor before the people of La Paz”, said the legislator.

On June 13 of last year, the Governor was involved in another police act related to alcohol consumption and the use of an official vehicle of the Government, in which he and his companion had an accident in the southern area of ​​La Peace.