Bolivia jails 19 after people scooped up cash from crashed military plane
News from Latin America and Mercosur [Unofficial]
March 4, 2026
A Bolivian judge ordered the pre-trial detention of 19 people accused of taking banknotes scattered after a military Hercules C-130 aircraft skidded off the runway while landing at El Alto international airport, adjacent to La Paz. The suspects will spend four months in prisons in the La Paz department as investigators build the case, according to El Deber.
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