Evo Admits that He Is Not in the March and that Pontiano Santos Was Arrested

The former president of the state and coca growers leader Evo Morales has just published (16.50) a Facebook post in which he announces in third person that the marchers who arrived in La Paz were "brutally repressed" and admits the arrest of peasant leader Pontiano Santos. "Thousands of sisters and brothers who made a peaceful demonstration - demanding respect for democratic rights - were brutally repressed by hundreds of police officers of the …

Ponciano Santos, a peasant leader and a visible figure of the evista march, was arrested on Friday in the center of La Paz on a court order. The arrest is amid tensions between protesters related to Evo Morales and the Police, after the march entered the city. Hours earlier, Santos had publicly challenged the authorities, despite being under investigation for alleged terrorism linked to the blockades of 2024. Government Minister Eduardo Del Cast…