Peru Hits Back At
Bolivia CIA Conspiracy
Claim
Peru's government has
protested against
Bolivian President Evo
Morales' claims that the
Peruvian authorities had
been part of a U.S.
Central Intelligence
Agency (CIA)
"conspiracy," Peru's
foreign minister
revealed Tuesday.
Morales' remarks were
"unacceptable in the
extreme," said Jose
Garcia Belaunde, adding
that the Peruvian
government had sent a
note of protest to
Morales Monday.
The Peruvian government
last October requested
the extradition of
Walter Chavez, a
Peruvian and former
advisor to Morales
accused of being a
member of the Tupac
Amaru Revolutionary
Movement (MTRA),a rebel
group in Peru.
Morales said the
Peruvian judicial
authorities' extradition
request had made them
part of a CIA
conspiracy.
According to Morales,
the United States "is
using some authorities,
perhaps Peruvian or
Bolivian, to punish" his
former advisor.
The Supreme Court of
Bolivia has turned down
the request for the
extradition, saying
Chavez is allowed to
seek political refugee
under Bolivian law.
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