New leaks in Bolivia terror case

Bolivia: A key witness in the investigation of a terrorist plot foiled on April 16 in Bolivia said the gang was planning to kill cardinal Julio Terrazas and government minister Juan Ramon Quintana.

According to Cambio daily, suspect Ignacio Villa has confessed extremists headed by Bolivian-Croatian Eduardo Rozsa Flores, who was killed during the police operation at Las Americas hotel in Santa Cruz, had plans to destabilize and divide the country. The plans, he noted, also included the assassination of President Evo Morales and his cabinet members during an April 13 meeting in Titicaca Lake. Meanwhile, Cesar Navarro, president of the special deputiesA' commission investigating the case, pointed out Villas also referred to death threats against a Santa Cruz legislator.

VillaA's statements also corroborated Rozsa FloresA' relation with Santa Cruz businesspeople and leaders, Navarro indicated.

Attorney Marcelo Sosa said that Santa Cruz mayor Ruben Costas, and the former president of the civic committee, Branko Marinkovic, are also linked to the violent plans.

La Paz, Prensa Latina