[1] The Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts, appointed by the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, estimates that eighty people were wounded that day among bullets of 22 caliber and dynamite.

[1] Following the events of 19 November, the government issued a series of conflicting reports about the day, both denying that militarized forces had shot their weapons and arguing that the military had to intervene to prevent a terrorist attack.

[3] The 19 November police and military intervention marked the end of disruptions to the supply of natural gas in La Paz and El Alto, but not of protests against the Áñez government.

Opposition protesters denounced the candidacy of President Evo Morales, who was running for a fourth term, and claimed that he was benefiting from electoral fraud.

Following a police mutiny, the initial conclusions of an OAS audit of the election, and public urging by the commander of the Armed Forces, Morales resigned on 10 November 2019.

Supporters, including Morales' coca grower base in the Chapare region of Cochabamba department, immediately began protests denouncing his ouster as a military coup.

Residents of El Alto opposed to the new government began protest blockades across the city, including at the Senkata plant on 11 November 2019.

[1] On 15 November 2019, amid continuing protests, violence and shortages in several main cities, Áñez and her cabinet signed a decree to enlist the police and army to pacify the country.

In response to ongoing persecution against Indigenous peoples, including the Sacaba massacre, and the new interim government, communities throughout El Alto had been organizing non-violent blockades.

[9] Historically the Senkata gas plant which belongs to Yacimientos Petrolífos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), has been a central site for protests due to its strategic location.

The same day, the interim government ratified Decree 4078 which granted impunity to the armed forces from any violent acts used to "maintain public order".

[11] However, testimonies collected from witnesses and attendees note that between 9 and 11 am, without warning, state forces began firing tear gas at those outside the plant, attempting to break the blockade.

The GIEI report called the militarized actions "violent persecution" against demonstrators and civilians in the surrounding area that resulted in extrajudicial executions.

[9] The killed include: During what the Inter-American Commission on Human rights has since called a massacre, security forces also forcibly arrested civilians and dragged them into the plant.

Some reported good care while others noted that some hospitals blatantly turned people away due to their presumed association with the MAS-ISP, or demanded payment up front, delaying treatment.

The 19 November police and military intervention marked the end of disruptions to the supply of natural gas in La Paz and El Alto.

[13] In the immediate aftermath, seven people were arrested on charges of terrorism and sedition, specifically on destruction of part of the Senkata refinery wall, which the defence minister warned could have ended in a tragedy if gas tanks and other fuels exploded.

[16] In addition, upon further ballistic analysis and investigation by the Bolivian legislature, they found clear evidence that police and armed forces did fire weapons.

On 22 November, the pro-Morales movement entered roundtable talks with the Áñez government, mediated by the Catholic Church and foreign diplomats.

[18][19] The Sacaba and Senkata massacres prompted the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to conduct a fact-finding mission to Bolivia 22 to 26 November 2019.

On 23 November, pro-Áñez protesters surrounded the La Paz hotel where the IACHR delegation met to receive testimonies from victims of abuses.

[6] Based on their preliminary findings the IACHR recommended the creation of an international and independent mechanism of investigation that could fully elaborate the truth and identify those responsible for human rights violations between September 1 and December 31, 2019.

On 10 December 2019, the Bolivian government and the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) authorized an international Interdisciplinary Group of Independent Experts (GIEI) to conduct an investigation into the events that occurred during the 2019 political crisis.

The team interviewed over 220 individuals including victims and their relatives, activists, human rights defenders, lawyers, medical providers, governmental officials, and police and military officers.

The results of their research were released in a report focusing on events that occurred in Senkata and Sacaba, other forms of state violence and persecution against human rights defenders and activists, and obstacles to a thorough investigative process.

On 7 December 2019, the government offered compensation of 50,000 bolivianos (US$7,500) to victims' families, with a clause that dictated that they must give up their right to file international judicial complaints on the matter.

Five former military officers were arrested in July 2021 for their alleged responsibility for the massacre: Police Commander Rodolfo Montero was detained in September 2021.

[28] A formal indictment against Áñez, seventeen former ministers, and several military and police chiefs was brought by the Prosecutor's Office to the Fourth Criminal Sentencing Court of El Alto on 23 October 2023.

Since the state apparatus had generally regarded Áñez as the constitutional president during her time in office, only a trial of responsibilities in the legislature could apply.

[29] The Heroes of Senkata Plaza was built in El Alto's District 8 under the leadership of Mayor Eva Copa and inaugurated in November 2021.