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The Latest | Bolivia president announces new heads of armed forces
By The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) – Bolivian President Luis Arce said Wednesday in a video message, surrounded by his Cabinet, that he was standing firm against an attempted coup. Armored vehicles assaulted the government palace in the South American nation. Bolivian television showed two tanks and a number of men in military uniform outside the building. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Feds charge 5, including man acquitted at trial, with conspiring to bribe Minnesota juror with $120K
By Michael Goldberg, The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Five people were charged Wednesday with conspiring to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for the acquittal of defendants in one of the country’s largest COVID-19-related fraud cases, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the FBI announced Wednesday. Court documents made public reveal an extravagant scheme ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Latest | Bolivia labor union condemns what it calls an attempted coup
By The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) – Bolivian President Luis Arce said Wednesday in a video message, surrounded by his Cabinet, that he was standing firm against an attempted coup. Armored vehicles assaulted the government palace in the South American nation. Bolivian television showed two tanks and a number of men in military uniform outside the building. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Latest | Bolivia president warns of attempted coup, says he is standing firm
By The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) – Bolivian President Luis Arce said Wednesday in a video message, surrounded by his Cabinet, that he was standing firm against an attempted coup. Armored vehicles assaulted the government palace in the South American nation. Bolivian television showed two tanks and a number of men in military uniform outside the building. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coup attempt underway in Bolivia as president urges people to mobilize against it
By Paola Flores, The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) – Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia’s government palace Wednesday as President Luis Arce said the country faced an attempted coup, insisted he stands firm and urged people to mobilize. In a video of Arce surrounded by ministers in the palace, he said: “The country is facing an attempted ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A coup attempt is feared in Bolivia as troops pour into the streets
By The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) – Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia’s government palace Wednesday as a top government official warned of a coup attempt and President Luis Arce said “irregular” deployment of troops was taking place in the capital. Video on Bolivian television showed Arce confronting the general commander of the Army, Juan ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bolivian president warns “irregular” military deployment underway in capital, raising coup fears
By The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) – Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia’s government palace Wednesday as a top government official warned of a coup attempt and President Luis Arce said “irregular” deployment of troops was taking place in the capital. In a message on his X account, Arce called for “democracy to be respected.” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bolivian president warns “irregular” military deployment under way in capital, raising coup fears
By The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) – Bolivian President Luis Arce warned Wednesday that an “irregular” deployment of troops was taking place in the capital, raising concerns that a potential coup was underway. He called for “democracy to be respected” on a message on his X account came as Bolivian television showed two tanks and a number ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bolivian president says “irregular” military deployment under way in capital, raising coup fears
By The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) – Bolivia’s President Luis Arce warned Wednesday that an “irregular” deployment of troops was taking place in the Bolivian capital, raising concerns that a potential coup was underway. He called for “democracy to be respected” on a message on his X account came as Bolivian television showed two tanks and a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jury recommends death penalty for ex-prison guard trainee who murdered 5 women inside Florida bank
By Terry Spencer, The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
A jury recommended Wednesday that a former prison guard trainee be sentenced to death for his execution-style murders of five women inside a Florida bank five years ago. The Highlands County jury voted 9-3 to recommend that Zephen Xaver receive the death penalty for the Jan. 23, 2019, massacre at the SunTrust Bank in Sebring, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Honduran president sentenced to 45 years for helping traffickers get tons of cocaine into US
By Larry Neumeister, The Associated Press on June 26th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – A defiant former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was sentenced in New York Wednesday to 45 years in prison for teaming up with some bribe-paying drug traffickers for over a decade to ensure over 400 tons of cocaine made it to the United States. Judge P. Kevin Castel sentenced Hernández to ... Read More »
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