Bolivia Conflict & Tragedy News

The woman accused of driving drunk and causing a collision that killed two men on Highway 1 north of Santa Cruz pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning to two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. Judge Robert Atack also raised...

Last Thursday Bolivian commandos sent from La Paz stormed some hotel rooms in Santa Cruz and killed three men, or “terrorists and mercenaries” whom they accused of plotting to assassinate President Morales. One of them was Irish, one an ethnic...

The Bolivian government comes under alert following an outbreak of dengue fever that has infected more than 7,000 people since last month. The mosquito-borne disease is fatal when accompanied by bleeding. The government last week declared a state of emergency...

One protester was killed when a rubber bullet hit him on the neck and three policemen were injured while dispersing protesters blocking the road linking Bolivia's administrative capital La Paz with the central Oruro city. Police have fired tear gas...

Highway 1 north of Santa Cruz was closed in both directions for several hours on Sunday after a fatal accident involving a suspected drunk driver. The crash happened just before 2 p.m. about a mile south of Davenport, near Scaroni...

A Santa Cruz High School graduate and alleged gang member was arrested late Monday and will be charged in the slaying of a 16-year-old boy near downtown last weekend. Police took Daniel Onesto, 19, into custody during a guns-drawn car...