El Gaviero

Former head of the Pro-Santa Cruz Committee Branko Marinkovic was formally accused by prosecutor Marcelo Soza of financing the alleged terrorist cell that was broken up by Bolivian police last year, according to El Día. The prosecutor is linking Marinkovic, Santa Cruz prefect Rubén Costas, and cattle rancher Guido Náyar in the plot to assassinate president Morales and destabilize Bolivia, which, according to some accounts, would help the lowland departments either secede or form a quasi-independent state outside of La Paz’s grasp.
Marinkovic’s lawyer, Erick Feifert, says the charges violate due process on constitutional grounds.