In the fall of 2003, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, then president of Bolivia, ordered the deployment of soldiers to quell large protests against the export of Bolivian gas. Over several days from mid-September through mid-October, the troops fired into crowds in the city of El Alto, near La Paz, and allegedly used snipers to shoot at civilian protesters. Sixty-seven people were killed, including several children, and hundreds of others were injured. On October 17, 2003, Sánchez de Lozada and two of his ministers fled to the United States, where they remain.
(excerpt from WOLA website - see full story on WOLA.ORG
What interested me in this story was the fact that these men fled to the US where they remain. Does this bother anyone other than me? Why would our government harbor criminals? The US also allowed a convicted plane bomber from Panama into our country to allow his escape from justice. How do we as a nation justify going after Hussien ( a madman and a criminal bad doesn-t justify invasion see Dufar, Haiti, Venezuela, N. Korea, Cuba, Saudia Arabia, Iran, and more) when we do stupids things like this? What message are we sending?
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