The former president of Bolivia Evo Morales He denounced on Monday the theft of his cell phone at a campaign event and hinted that the alleged theft may be part of an “attack” to harm him.
“The theft of my cell phone occurred in an act that was attended by the Minister of Government [Interior, Eduardo del Castillo] and your safety. First time something similar has happened to us in all these years of political activity,” Morales wrote on his Twitter account.
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The theft of my cell phone occurred in an act that had the presence of the Minister of Government and his security. First time something similar has happened to us in all these years of political activity. We would not want to think that it is part of a planned attack to harm us
– Evo Morales Ayma (@evoespueblo) August 29, 2022
The former president participated this Sunday in a campaign event in La Guardia, a municipality in the Santa Cruz region that is also the main political stronghold of the Bolivian opposition.
“We would not want to think that it is part of a planned attack to harm us,” Morales denounced about the alleged theft of his cell phone.
Morales (2006-2019) has previously expressed his public criticism of the performance of Minister Del Castillo and his MAS party asked President Luis Arce for his removal, although the president did not echo the claims.
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They denounce attempted assembly
Local media indicated that, after learning of the loss of the cell phone, a police operation was deployed to find the phone, which was criticized by some opposition politicians and citizens.
Morales reiterated that in the event of any attempt to set up or manipulate the information that was on his cell phone, he will make the respective complaints.
“Since we began the political struggle in defense of our people against neoliberal governments, we have suffered attacks and dirty war campaigns with lies. We have nothing to hide, but we will denounce any attempt to use montages or misrepresentations against us,” he said.
For his part, Juanito Angulo, deputy of the ruling Movement for Socialism (MAS), told local media that the alleged theft of Morales’ cell phone possibly it is an action of “infiltrators” of the opposition and even spoke of “threats” against the former president from the United States embassy.
Angulo pointed out that “it is a cell phone of an important leader” and that “of course it has important information on political issues” and that “in no way can it be said that it has information on drug trafficking.”
And he hopes that the Police will soon be able to establish what happened with the mobile phone of the former president and leader of the MAS.
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It is a cell phone of an important leader
The theft of the device prompted complaints from the opposition that the government sends a number of police officers to clarify the case and find the cell phone.
The opposition legislator, José Carlos Gutiérrez, pointed out that “the mobilization that is taking place on the part of the police for the loss of the cell phone is impressive.”
In his opinion, all this display “calls attention,” “because it seems that this cell phone is a gold mine to discover all its political and union connections.”
Alejandro Reyes, another opposition legislator, considered that “it was not necessary to mobilize the Police due to personal carelessness” and that Morales should reveal what information he has, to justify why the “national security apparatus” is moved by a telephone.
*With information from AFP and EFE
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