Whoa! rabs called this weeks ago: Carapintadas from Argentina involved.

[Judi Lynn]

Bolivia Interior Official Says New Armed Group Surfaces in East
By Jonathan J. Levin

May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Bolivia’s government has picked up evidence in the gas-rich eastern lowlands of a new armed group that plans to fight for the region’s independence, Deputy Interior Minister Marcos Farfan said.

Intelligence agencies are following former Argentine soldiers who may have been hired to fight on behalf of regional groups opposed to President Evo Morales, Farfan said late yesterday at a news conference in La Paz.

“There are serious indicators of the presence of a group of Carapintadas,” he said, using a name applied to Argentine soldiers who sought to overthrow the country’s civilian government in the late 1980s. “We’re trying to determine who in our country is hiring these elements to come and plan acts of division, of separating the country.”

Morales has said that regional leaders in the eastern lowlands are seeking to break away from the central government. The lowlands, especially Santa Cruz and Tarija provinces, contain most of the country’s natural-gas reserves, which generate almost half of the Andean nation’s export revenue.

Last month, Bolivian special-forces police raided a hotel in Santa Cruz city, shooting dead three men and arresting two others who Morales said planned to kill him and start a civil war.

Farfan said he won’t be able to confirm the existence of the latest group until the government concludes its investigation. The press office of Argentina’s foreign ministry didn’t immediately respond to a message left by Bloomberg News.

The Carapintadas -- or “painted faces” -- supported the country’s military dictatorship and made four attempts between 1987 and 1990 to overthrow the democratic government restored after the generals stepped down in 1983.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aqDXDNdrrk.U&refer=latin_america

[Judi Lynn]

1. La Nacion, Paraguay: Ex 'carapintadas' Argentines were hidden in Bolivia

Google translation:
Ex 'carapintadas' Argentines were hidden in Bolivia

The Bolivian government suspected Argentine military wing known as' carapintadas' are hiding in rural fiefdoms of this country in a region whose leaders are bitter opponents of President Evo Morales, an official said today.
Peace. AFP.
The Deputy Minister of Interior, Marcos Farfán told the official agency ABI that the possible protection of the former separatist groups carapintadas is investigated by police in eastern Bolivia. "

He also said that "there are indications that (hidden) in several haciendas" of eastern Bolivia, where it dominates the right-wing opposition against Morales.

According to Farfan, former paramilitaries, torturers and murderers for hire and (helped) the disappearance of more than 40,000 people in the dictatorship (argentina) Rafael Videla (1976-81), are ordered to be detained by the Police .

The senior official said that the positions of migration are not registered to enter the national territory of "these people who comes to separatist activities, to contribute to groups that have the interest to divide Bolivia."

The statement coincides with Farfán investigations of justice to a group of Bolivian and European mercenaries accused by the government to seek the disintegration of the rich Santa Cruz region of Bolivia.

Santa Cruz leaders seeking autonomy for that region of the central La Paz, seat of the Bolivian government.

http://www.lanacion.com.py/noticias_um-246646.htm

[Judi Lynn]

2. La Nacion, Paraguay: The Bolivian government suspected separatist groups to protect "carapintadas"

Google translation:

The Bolivian government suspected separatist groups to protect "carapintadas"
La Paz, May 20, 2009 (EFE).

The government says Bolivia has said that the suspicion that the former Argentine military coup known as "carapintadas," whose presence is suspected in the country, are protected by the Bolivian separatist groups that organized anti-government protests in 2008.

Deputy Interior Regime, Marcos Farfán, told the state agency Boliviana de Información (ABI) that the police investigate "the possible protection of the former separatist groups carapintadas in several farms in eastern Bolivia.

The official said that these former soldiers had arrest warrants issued by the ordinary courts argentina, but warned that if they are involved in operations against seditious Bolivia's internal security will be prosecuted in this country, said ABI.

According to a publication argentina, eleven ex carapintadas "Argentines are supposedly in the area of Beni (northern Bolivia) in contact with opposition sectors to Evo Morales.

Deputy Farfan said that the alleged entry into the country of this group, "which has an interest in dividing Bolivia," has not been recorded in the official reports of migration, which could have circumvented the border controls.

The possible presence of these radical groups Argentines in Bolivia has been linked to alleged terrorist group disbanded in the region of Santa Cruz on April 16.

In an operation conducted on that day to hit the Bolivian police alleged mercenaries Eduardo Rózsa Flores (boliviano with Hungarian and Croatian citizenship), Arpad Magyarosi (Romanian Hungarian origin), and Michel Martin Dwyer (Irish).

A parliamentary commission investigating the group said last week that there are "many signs" that Rózsa Flores, considered the leader of the alleged terrorist group, was in contact with former Argentine military coup.

The chairman of that committee, the official César Navarro, announced yesterday that Argentina will ask for official information to clarify the alleged presence of ex carapintadas "because it is a matter that constitutes a" danger "for Bolivia.

http://www.que.es/ultimas-noticias/espana/200905200342-gobierno-boliviano-sospecha-que-grupos.html

[Judi Lynn]

3. Here's an FM station in Bolivia:

http://www.galo.yungas.com.bo/