Bolivia says Spain 'tried to extract' wanted aide from Mexico embassy

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Bolivian Interior Minister Arturo Murillo argues the alleged operation of the Spanish embassy staff was a violation of Bolivian sovereignty.

9 or more officials from Morales's former government, some of them charged by the interim government in Bolivia with"sedition" or"terrorism" over the deaths of 36 people in violently quashed protests.

Murillo said he would ask interim Bolivian President Jeanine Anez and Foreign Minister Karen Longaric to order the expulsion of Spanish diplomats."They cannot do whatever they want," he said.On Friday, Longaric said"people identified as staff members at Spain's embassy in Bolivia, accompanied by people with their faces covered, tried in a secretive and underhanded manner to enter Mexico's diplomatic residence in La Paz.

La Paz has sent a letter of complaint to Madrid citing a"serious trampling of Bolivia's sovereignty," with copies to the European Union, the United Nations and the Organization of American States.In Mexico City, the foreign ministry said the incident occurred as Borreguero and Spanish consul Alvaro Fernandez wrapped up a meeting with the ambassador.

The Spaniards were advised to leave the embassy on foot but refused to do so without a security detail. Eventually a Bolivian ministry car was sent to pick them up.

 

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