Key witness in Bolivia terrorist plot

BOLIVIA: Juan Carlos Gueder, one of the men arrested on April 16 in Bolivia for his connection with a terrorist gang plotting to kill President Evo Morales has named Ignacio Villa Paz as a key witness for the Public Prosecution.

The Justice Ministry says Villa Paz, a.k.a. "El Viejo" will take the stand on Monday at a hearing on the groupA's plot foiled at Las Americas Hotel in Santa Cruz. Defense Attorney Denver Pedraza said that Ignacio Villa Paz, born in Cotoca, Santa Cruz, was chief of operations for gang leader, a Bolivian-born Hungarian who has been identified as Eduardo Rozsa.

The daily says El Viejo was in charge of recruiting the members of the group whose main goal was perpetrating terrorist acts and assassinating President Evo Morales and other national and regional officials.

The April 16 police raid at Las Americas Hotel left three men dead, including Rozsa.

Michael Dwyer was a 24-year-old Irish security guard, while Arpad Magyarosi, 29, was a Hungarian. Another two men with ties to Croatia and Hungary were arrested in rooms down the hall.

- La Paz, Prensa Latina