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Thousands protest US asylum for Sanchez Berzaín as resentment continues over “Black October”

Jun 10, 2008

Shortly after 10 am on June 9, several thousand protestors from El Alto marched into La Paz and surrounded the US Embassy.  The mainly indigenous protestors were demanding the return of ex-President Sánchez de Lozada and ex-Minister of Defense Sánchez Berzaín to Bolivia.  Both men are facing a civil suit in the US and charges in Bolivia for the death of almost 70 civilians during the 2003 “Guerra del Gas.”