Normal activities are resuming in La Paz and other cities with schools and businesses reopening this week and blockades of major transport routes mostly removed.
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AFP) — Some 20 former members of Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales’ government have holed up in Mexico’s embassy in La Paz, Bolivia’s foreign minister said Tuesday, including five wanted for arrest.
Among them is Morales’ former top minister Juan Ramon Quintana, who the caretaker government has accused of sedition and terrorism.
Morales, who fled to Mexico after being granted political asylum following his 10 November resignation, has been accused of the same crimes.
“We have a group of more or less 20 diplomatic asylum seekers in the Mexico (embassy) residence,” foreign minister Karen Longaric told local media.
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Longaric said she would inform the Mexican ambassador of the arrest warrants so the embassy did not allow the wanted officials to leave the country.
The foreign ministry later tweeted that Longaric had handed copies of the arrest warrants for five people to the ambassador.
AFP phone calls to the Mexican embassy went unanswered and there was no immediate response to an email request for comment.
Relations between Bolivia and Mexico have been strained since Morales fled there amid violent street protests that erupted after the disputed 20 October election.
Morales, who had been seeking a fourth term after ruling for nearly 14 years, claimed victory. But opposition groups said the results were rigged.
Interim President Jeanine Anez, who took power after Morales quit, on Sunday signed a bill into law authorizing new elections that exclude the former leader.
A new ballot is seen as crucial to ending unrest that has rocked the country for weeks and left dozens dead.
Talks between the caretaker government and opposition groups to restore peace appear to be bearing fruit.
Normal activities are resuming in La Paz and other cities with schools and businesses reopening this week and blockades of major transport routes mostly removed.
