Xiomara Castro condemns ‘violent attack’ against Evo Morales and calls for security
"I condemn the violent attack against former President @evoespueblo. It is urgent to take measures to guarantee his safety," Castro wrote on X.
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Honduran President Xiomara Castro on Sunday condemned the “violent attack” against former Bolivian President Evo Morales (2006-2019) and called for “urgent” measures to be taken to guarantee the politician’s safety.
“I condemn the violent attack against former President @evoespueblo. It is urgent to take measures to guarantee his safety,” Castro wrote on the social network X.
Condeno el violento atentado perpetrado contra el expresidente @evoespueblo. Es urgente tomar medidas para garantizar su seguridad. Un saludo de @manuelzr toda mi solidaridad. https://t.co/xhCDHiTzr5
— Xiomara Castro de Zelaya (@XiomaraCastroZ) October 27, 2024
The Honduran president expressed, according to the message, “all my solidarity” with Morales, who reported today that the vehicle that was taking him to the radio station where he usually hosts his weekend program was shot 14 times by unknown assailants, wounding the politician’s driver.
The former president told the coca-growing radio station Kawsachun Coca that his vehicle was chased by two others in which the attackers were travelling at 6:25 in the morning local time (10:25 GMT) on the route between the town of Villa Tunari and Lauca Ñ, in the Tropics of Cochabamba.
Morales said he noticed two or three trucks following his vehicle, so the driver “deviated” from his path, but the chase did not stop. “That’s when I realized it was an operation,” he said.
The incident was recorded in a four-minute video filmed by a woman who was in the car with Morales, which shows part of the incident.
They also demand solutions to the rising food prices, the lack of dollars, the irregular supply of fuel and respect for a MAS congress that in 2023 declared Morales “sole candidate” for next year’s elections.
