“We applaud the accusation that has been made and ask for speed so that this case reaches its conclusion. Those who have committed crimes, those who have made mistakes, have violated our regulations, must be punished,” the legislator said.

The Ministry of Government (Interior) reported in a statement that Yassir Molina, Milena Sotto, Mario Antonio Bascopé and Fabio Alejandro Bascopé, members of the RJC, were accused and must they present their exoneration evidence at the beginning of a public oral trial on June 6th.

The aforementioned are accused of their excesses during the November 2019 coup and during the regime of Jeanine Añez.

Shock forces of this racist organization attacked a women’s march on November 6th, 2019, that was concentrated in the main square of Cochabamba in rejection of the coup, surrounded them using motorcycles, fired tear gas at them, chased them, pulled their hair to humiliate them and beat them on the ground.

Also on November 8th, after the police riot in Cochabamba, RJC riders surrounded the headquarters of the six trade union federations of the Tropics and set fire to it.

The “We Believe” political force, of the governor of Santa Cruz, criticized the statement from the Ministry of Government, described the prosecution of the leaders of the RJC as an alleged political persecution, and called for their defense. However, the MAS deplored the position of defense of an “irregular group” that emerged at a time of bankruptcy of the constitutional order and contributed to exacerbating the political crisis.

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