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...through the window and killed him," explains Juana Carvajal, El Alto resident and mother of four. More than a dozen people were killed in their homes by ricocheting bullets; one 10-year-old died and of the 400 wounded, several lost limbs. And the widespread outrage at Sanchez de Lozada's ordering the use of the military against unarmed protesters forced him to resign on October...
...indictment against the former president is based on Decree #27209, which the indictment says makes Sanchez de Lozada and 9 of his cabinet members legally responsible for the military's actions...
...This is not the first time Bolivia's courts have tried to reach the former president in the U.S. In 2005, after the plaintiffs pressed charges, and the Bolivian government sent the U.S. notification papers to be served to Sanchez de Lozada and two former cabinet ministers who also live in the U.S. But although the plaintiffs say they were informed by the State Department that the the papers would be passed on to the Department of Justice, they heard nothing more...
...Ambassador in Bolivia, Philip Goldberg, stated Monday that the extradition of Sanchez de Lozada is "theoretically possible" but that because the issue was "judicial, not political," he deferred comment to the U.S. Department of Justice. The DOJ did not return TIME's repeated calls; nor did Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada himself. The Bolivia-U.S. extradition treaty allows for an exemption for people accused of "political offenses," and lawyers in Bolivia expect the former president's lawyers to claim such a status for their client. Indeed, a longtime friend of Sanchez de Lozada, Miami-based consultant Beatrice Rangel, alleges that...
...Sanchez de Lozada has little sympathy in Bolivia today - even leading opposition party politicians have stated publicly that he should be brought to trial. A bad reputation, however, notes Jules Lobel, Professor at University of Pittsburgh School of Law and Vice President of the Center for Constitutional Rights, isn't a legal defense. "While the United States may claim that the accusations fall under the rubric of the political offense exception," says Lobel, "in my opinion the massacre of hundreds of civilians should not be considered a political offense...