The ideologue of the failed coup in Bolivia mentioned Chile in his defense: here’s what he said

A month before the attempted coup in Bolivia, General Juan José Zúñiga – accused of being the putschist – was constantly visited by Aníbal Abel Aguilar Gómez, his supposed “personal advisor” and the mind behind the military uprising.

This was revealed by a Bolivian police intelligence report presented by the neighboring country’s government minister, Eduardo Del Castillo, which shows that Aníbal Aguilar, an academic, son of a soldier and brother of a former civil servant, was “the central ideologue of this plan of maneuver.”

According to Bolivian media reports The reason , For almost two months, the man dedicated himself to making presentations and analyses in Zúñiga’s office to orchestrate the coup attempt. that the country experienced last Wednesday.

Del Castillo stressed that Aguilar was one of the “most important pieces” and that he was even present in the congregation of Plaza Murillo, alongside the military and the tanks.

When he was arrested, The Bolivian authorities decided to “present” him to the media. It was at that moment that the “ideologue” launched a statement implicating Chile. That is what he said.

The first thing Aníbal Aguilar said was that he would go on a dry hunger strike. According to him, his right to defense had been violated.

But he also accepts being “the author of the ‘patriot doctrine'”. He assured that his role was only to “lead a strategic defense.”

It was then that he spoke of the country: “The Chileans will be happy. “They never succeeded in silencing me.” Immediately afterwards, he spoke of “delivery of lithium” and, after launching other statements against the ministers and Bolivian President Luis Arce, he remained silent while listening to his accusation.

After, He was transferred to the cells of the Special Force for the Fight against Crime (FELCC), where he will remain in preventive detention pending his protective hearing.