Plácido Cota, brother of a leader of the Council of Women's Peasant 

Federations of Los Yungas (Cofecay), is the coca grower who was seriously injured 

by the handling of dynamite during the confrontation recorded this 

Monday with the Police in Villa El Carmen.

In videos broadcast on social networks, the moment in which Cota backs away 

after throwing an object is seen and in a matter of seconds a dynamite explodes, 

leaving him lying on the floor and with several serious injuries.



An ambulance helped him to the Arco Iris hospital, where he is undergoing emergency surgery.



The Delegation of the Ombudsman in La Paz indicates that he contacted 

the doctor Brayan Oropeza, who attended him, who indicated that his "situation is critical."



The report adds that the wounded man was admitted to the operating room 

with a diagnosis of a traumatic amputation of the left forearm and abdominal trauma.



His sister, Viviana Cota, confirmed that Placido was injured and had been 

transferred to a medical center. Between tears he pointed out that 

"how we have to lose family for fighting for coca, just for being a leader they do this to us."