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Viewing cable 06LAPAZ3062, GARCIA LINERA'S RADICAL PAST RESURFACES

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06LAPAZ3062 2006-11-14 21:51 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy La Paz
VZCZCXYZ0001
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHLP #3062/01 3182151
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 142151Z NOV 06
FM AMEMBASSY LA PAZ
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1278
INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION 6278
RUEHBO/AMEMBASSY BOGOTA 3599
RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA 7460
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES 4721
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS 1971
RUEHPE/AMEMBASSY LIMA 2032
RUEHMN/AMEMBASSY MONTEVIDEO 4167
RUEHQT/AMEMBASSY QUITO 4610
RUEHSG/AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO 9192
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC
RHMFIUU/HQ USSOUTHCOM MIAMI FL
UNCLAS LA PAZ 003062 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PTER PGOV PREL PHUM BL
SUBJECT: GARCIA LINERA'S RADICAL PAST RESURFACES 
 
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SUMMARY 
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1. (SBU) Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera's membership in 
the indigenous-based terrorist group the Tupak Katari 
Guerilla Army (EGTK), the armed wing of the Tupak Katari 
Revolutionary Liberation Movement (MRTKL), resurfaced 
recently as press reports focused on the progress of his 
petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 
(IACHR).  In March 2001, Garcia Linera and eleven other 
co-defendants filed a petition with the IACHR arguing that 
their rights had been violated, they had been detained 
arbitrarily, tortured and suffered other abuses at the hands 
of the democratically elected Bolivian government during the 
1990s.  The vice president, responding to claims that the 
petition included a request for two million USD in 
compensation, announced on November 10 that he never 
requested financial reparations related to his claims.  Other 
members of the EGTK, notably radical indigenous leader Felipe 
Quispe, refuted Garcia Linera's announcement, saying they are 
indeed seeking financial compensation.  Should the EGTK ever 
receive compensation, Garcia Linera can avoid the appearance 
of enriching himself by donating any money he receives to 
charity, but he may not be able to avoid the EGTK tarnishing 
his newly crafted image as a responsible politician.  End 
Summary. 
 
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Background of EGTK 
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2. (SBU) Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera's membership in 
the indigenous-based terrorist group the Tupak Katari 
Guerilla Army (EGTK), the armed wing of the Tupak Katari 
Revolutionary Liberation Movement (MRTKL), resurfaced 
recently as press reports focused on the progress of his 
petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 
(IACHR).  The EGTK is alleged to have carried out fifty 
bombing attacks from 1991-1993.  The attacks centered on 
power pylons, oil pipelines, missionary churches (Mormon 
Churches) and government facilities.  Garcia Linera and his 
ex-wife Maria Raquel Guitierrez Aguilar were arrested in 
connection with their membership in the EGTK in April 1992 
and detained for five years during which they claim torture 
by beatings, electric shock to the genitals and other abuses. 
 Garcia Linera and other members of the EGTK confessed to 
their terrorist activities, but later recanted, stating the 
admissions of guilt were the result of the torture.  After 
five years of pressure from many leftist groups, the GOB 
released the EGTK prisoners in 1997. 
 
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The Petition 
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3. (SBU) In March 2001, Garcia Linera and eleven other 
co-defendants filed a petition with the IACHR arguing that 
their human rights had been violated, that they had been 
detained arbitrarily, that they were tortured and suffered 
other abuses at the hands of the democratically elected 
Bolivian government during the 1990s.  The petition claimed 
that they had "exhausted all domestic remedies" trying to 
resolve their case.  Initially the commission ruled that all 
domestic remedies had not been exhausted.  However, in 
October 2005 after the Bolivian authorities failed to respond 
in a timely fashion the IACHR reopened the petition and 
accepted the case.  The October 2005 report does not discuss 
monetary compensation.  However, Evelio Fernandez, the 
president of the IACHR, recently stated that compensation 
could be a possibility for the EGTK detainees if the 
defendants and the GOB could reach a settlement.  If not, the 
issue of compensation would be pushed to the Inter-American 
Court for Human Rights. 
 
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To Compensate or Not to Compensate 
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4. (SBU) The Vice President, responding to claims that the 
petition included a request for two million USD in 
 
 
compensation, announced on November 10, that he never 
requested financial reparations related to his claims. 
Nonetheless various press outlets have reported the 
defendants requested two million USD in compensation. 
Furthermore, former EGTK leader Felipe Quispe has argued that 
the petition did include a request for two million USD. 
Quispe recently stated, "We requested that they return what 
they (the GOB) stole from us, and if Garcia Linera does not 
deliver compensation, he will be declared a traitor to the 
sacred class of indigenous peoples." 
 
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Comment 
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5. (SBU) Since the compensation question remains unsettled, 
Garcia Linera is in the strange situation of "negotiating" 
with himself.  On the one hand, he is a co-defendant in the 
case; on the other hand he is the number two in the 
government which may eventually offer a settlement to the 
defendants.  Should the EGTK ever receive compensation, 
Garcia Linera can avoid the appearance of enriching himself 
by donating any money he receives to charity, but he may not 
be able to avoid the EGTK tarnishing his newly crafted image 
as a responsible politician.  End Comment. 
GOLDBERG