The genocide trial for the Black October case resumed this week in the Bolivian city of Sucre, after it was adjourned due to the health issues of a defendant, official sources inform.

Gen. Juan Veliz, who is being held at the San Roque Penitentiary in that city, asked for the trial’s suspension, stated prosecutor Milton Mendoza, who is heading the case.

The trial is entering its final phase. All parties involved present their arguments to the Bolivian court, the prosecutor added.

Bolivia Genocide Trial : 3 ex-ministers accused

The three former Bolivian cabinet ministers facing charges are Mirtha Quevedo (former minister of citizen’s participation), Javier Torres Goitia (former health minister), and Jorge Torres Obleas (finance minister).

All three of accuseds fled to Peru prior to the trial and could be extradited when newly elected President Ollanta Humala is sworn in, prosecutor Mendoza said.

The three men face charges of genocide in Bolivia, as does former President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada and other members of his administration, for the deaths of more than 60 people during the military repression in Bolivia in October 2003.

 

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