Government condemns minister’s murder
by James Tweedie
BOLIVIA’S deputy interior minister has been “brutally murdered” by the rioting miners he was sent to negotiate with on Thursday, the government has said.
“All signs indicate that our deputy minister, Rodolfo Illanes, has been cowardly and brutally murdered,” Interior Minister Carlos Romero told reporters.
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