Overview

• On June 11, clashes in Llallagua, Potosí, left one policeman dead and another seriously injured while clearing a blockade.
• The government has launched joint police and military operations to dismantle at least 21 roadblocks across the country.
• Morales is under formal investigation for terrorism, incitement and other alleged offenses tied to the protests, allegations he dismisses as political persecution.
• Supporters have been blocking key routes since June 2 to demand President Arce’s resignation and contest Morales’s exclusion from the August presidential ballot.
• The unrest is disrupting major transport corridors linking Cochabamba and La Paz and deepening economic strains nationwide.