Bolivian court convicts former military officers
Published 02:35 p.m., Tuesday, August 30, 2011
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivia's highest court has convicted five former top military commanders of genocide in a 2003 crackdown on protesters that claimed at least 64 civilian lives. It gave them prison sentences ranging from 10-15 years.
The court also convicted two former Cabinet ministers of complicity in the killings and sentenced them each to three years.
Popular anger over the crackdown forced then-President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada into U.S. exile. The protesters had been demanding he halt plans to export natural gas to Chile.
Since being elected in 2005, President Evo Morales has tried to bring Sanchez de Lozada and members of his government to trial.
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