Governor Camacho described the central government of Luis Arce as a “dictatorship.”
The governor of Santa Cruz and opposition leader, Luis Fernando Camacho, arrested and accused of terrorism for a process related to the Bolivian crisis in 2019, assured this Sunday that he will not surrender or bow to the government of President Luis Arce, whom he accused of be a “dictatorship”.
Camacho’s collaborators, who have been managing his social networks since his arrest, published a handwritten letter in which he himself refers to his imprisonment, his health situation and the responsibilities in the event that some circumstance causes death.
“Tell my people that with each passing day I am stronger than ever, and that despite my illness (…) at no time will it be a reason or excuse to sell or negotiate my principles,” he said in one of the fragments.
The governor of Santa Cruz suffers from a chronic disease that, as explained by one of his lawyers, “affects his blood vessels” for which he needs medical treatment and that despite the fact that it was a “restricted topic” came to light due to his imprisonment.
“What I do make clear is that either due to my illness or any other reason that causes my death, this will have a first and last name, Luis Arce Catacora,” he said, pointing out the responsibility of the Bolivian head of state.
He also mentioned that his stay in prison, for which he blames the Government, will not make him give up or bow down and described the Administration of the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS) as a “dictatorship.”
arrest and protests
Last Wednesday, the Policeman He arrested Camacho and activated an operation to transfer him from eastern Santa Cruz to La Paz, in the western part of the country, due to an accusation of terrorism in the case called “coup d’état I”, among criticisms of that procedure.
The case was presented at the end of 2020 by a former MAS legislator against the protests in 2019 that denounced electoral fraud in the frustrated elections of that year and that led to the resignation of then-President Evo Morales, who denounced a “coup d’état”. ” against him.
Early Friday morning, after a hearing of many hours, a judge ordered four months of detention against Camacho in a maximum security prison 35 kilometers from La Paz, in the middle of the highlands and at almost 4,000 meters of altitude.
This Saturday, the governor of Santa Cruz had a decompensation for which his lawyers took steps to transfer him to a medical center and provide him with the necessary medication for his illness, without success.
In a statement, the General Directorate of Penitentiary Regime stated that on Saturday a medical board assessed his state of health and concluded that he “is in stable health” and that “he does not need to receive specialized treatment.”
However, the prison authorities indicated that the constant presence of a doctor and a nurse was authorized to treat him in prison.
Camacho’s arrest and imprisonment have sparked several protests in Santa Cruz, in which protesters calling for his releaseThey have confronted the Police who have responded with tear gas.
As a result of this, there has been destruction and fires in various public entities at the national level and in the Governor’s Office of Santa Cruz, for which the Government and the civic entities that encourage the protests have held each other responsible for these events.