Former Bolivian president faces US trial for 2003 killings
Former Bolivian president faces US trial for 2003 killings
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Mar 5, 2018, 6:49 AM ET
A former president of Bolivia and his defense minister are going on trial in a U.S. court over a lawsuit in which eight Bolivians claim their family members were killed in government slayings that left dozens of people dead in 2003.
Jury selection begins Monday in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in the case against former Bolivian President Gonzalo S?nchez de Lozada, and his former defense minister, Jos? Carlos S?nchez Berza?n, both of whom live in the U.S.
In the lawsuit, the families of eight Bolivians who were killed claim the two officials planned to kill thousands of civilians to crush political opposition. The lawsuit was filed under the Torture Victim Protection Act, which authorizes suits in the U.S. for extrajudicial killings.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages.
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President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada
("Neither forgive or pardon" )
José Carlos Sánchez Berzaín
