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MONTH: November/December 2007

Dog killings in Bolivia

 

ACHACACHI, Bolivia -- "Aymara peasants loyal to President Evo Morales, calling themselves the Red Ponchoes, yesterday beheaded two dogs as a gruesome signal to those 'who don't want change' in the country," a representative of the Asociacion para la Defense de los Derechos de los Animales de Bolivia e-mailed to humane media on November 23, 2007. "Red Ponchos secretary general Ruperto Quispe confirmed that other peasant groups from the La Paz area participated," the report added.

Video of the killings reportedly hinted that Morales himself encouraged the action.

Identified by New York Times correspondent Simon Romero as a former organizer for the coca growers' union, Morales in June 2007 attended a llama sacrifice.