Government Guarantees Insurance and Benefits for Families of Those Killed in Viacha

Bolivia’s government said it would activate military insurance and legal benefits for families of uniformed personnel killed after explosions at the Bolívar Regiment in Viacha.

Defense Minister Ernesto Justiniano said authorities were supporting families while the search and identification process continued. “For the people who died, we are working to activate the insurance and benefits that legally apply,” he said.

Justiniano also said authorities would not legally declare missing people dead until they had definitive scientific and legal evidence. “We have to find those we are still searching for, support the families, clarify what happened, repair the damage that corresponds, and take the necessary measures so that a tragedy like this does not happen again,” he said.

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For the people who died, we are working to activate the insurance and benefits that legally apply.

Health and Sports Minister Marcela Flores said 84 patients had been treated. Thirty-nine were transferred to other hospitals, while 45 received care at Viacha Hospital. Of those 45, 44 had been discharged and one was waiting for surgery.

Other hospitals continued to care for injured people. A child remained hospitalized with burns for a plastic surgery assessment, while patients at several facilities were described as stable or had already been discharged. Thirteen service members remained hospitalized at the Military Social Security Corporation, Cossmil.

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We have to find those we are still searching for, support the families, clarify what happened, repair the damage that corresponds, and take the necessary measures so that a tragedy like this does not happen again.