In October 2019, Bolivian militants of the then ruling political party of the Movement for Socialism (MAS)[1] ambushed a caravan of miners, students and cooperativists who were heading towards the city of La Paz to join the demonstrations against then-president Evo Morales over alleged electoral fraud[2] during the 2019 Bolivian general election.
On October 20, 2019, different sectors throughout the country joined the citizen protests against Evo Morales.
[3] On November 10TH, a caravan of miners and cooperatives from Potosí and students from Sucre left to the city of La Paz with the express intention of joining these protests.
Aware of this, armed militants of the Movement for socialism (MAS) intercepted the road and attacked the caravan with the use of dynamite and rocks.
Chamber of Deputies President Víctor Borda resigned after protesters set his house in Potosi ablaze and kidnapped his brother as reprisal for the against miners by MAS supporters.