THERE IS NO JUSTICE IN BOLIVIA

Peace Corps Online: Peace Corps News: Headlines: Peace Corps Headlines - 2002: 03 March 2002 Peace Corps Headlines: March 15, 2002 - CNN: New push to find missing volunteer in Bolivia : THERE IS NO JUSTICE IN BOLIVIA

By NINA on Saturday, May 31, 2003 - 4:20 pm: Edit Post

DEAR SIR OR MADAM,

I JUST READ ABOUT THE MISSING PERSON MR. POIRIER. I FEEL SAD THAT HE DISSAPEARED IN BOLIVIA. HOWEVER IF YOU WANT TO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT HIM, YOU HAVE TO GO IN PERSON TO LA PAZ. PLEASE TAKE PROFFESIONAL PEOPLE WHO CAN DO THE JOB FROM HERE. BECAUSE IN BOLIVIA "THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM" IS NON-EXISTENT. THE AUTORITIES DO NOT DO THEIR WORK AND HAVE NO MEANS TO GO FOR ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER TO INVESTIGATE.
MY BROTHER WAS KILLED IN LA PAZ BOLIVIA ON MARCH 8, 2003. I WENT THREE TIMES TO LA PAZ TO INVESTIGATE HIS DEATH. WE DID A NECROPSY AND FOUND OUT THAT HE DIED BECAUSE SOMEBODY HIT HIM ON THE HEAD CAUSING HEMATOMAS. THE BOLIVIAN POLICE DID NOT DO A RECONSTRUCCION OF THE CRIME SCENE FOR FIVE MONTHS. SO I COULDN'T GET ANY FINGER PRINTS OR SAMPLES. THE CLOTHES HE WAS WEARNING WHEN THEY FOUND HIM WERE THROWN ON THE FLOOR AT THE POLICE STATION. THE POLICE DOES NOT HAVE PICTURES OF THE AUTOPSY. AND AFTER 2 MONTHS WE FOUND ONE SAMPLE OF THE GASTRIC FLUIDS TAKEN FROM THE AUTOPSY. I WAS MORE OUTRAGED, WHEN THE POLICE INVESTIGATOR THAT WAS ASIGNED TO MY BROTHER'S DEATH WAS REMOVED AND RE-ASSIGNED TO ANOTHER CASE OF A RICH PERSON. THEY LEFT MY BROTHER'S CASE WITHOUT INVESTIGATOR FOR 5 MONTHS. IN THE MEAN TIME, PEOPLE WHO WERE WITH MY BROTHER A DAY BEFORE HIS DEATH DIDN'T PRESS ANY DECLARATIONS TO THE POLICE, BECAUSE THE POLICE DID NOT ASK THEM ANY QUESTIONS FOR 5 MONTHS. AT THE END, THEY CLOSED THE CASE WITHOUT SOLVING IT. THE POLICE DOES NOT HAVE ANY CHEMICALS WHEN THEY INVESTIGATE A CRIME SCENE, THEY DON'T HAVE PAPER TO WRITE REPORTS, THEY DO NOT HAVE MONEY TO BUY FILM TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE CRIME SCENE, AND I HAD TO PAY TRANSPORTATION FOR THE POLICE WORKERS WHENEVER THEY NEEDED TO GO AND DO SOMETHING FOR MY BROTHER'S CASE.
THIS TERRIBLE CRIME IS UNSOLVED, NOW FOR ME THE ONLY SOLUTION IS TO COMPLAIN TO THE HUMAN RIGHTS. BECAUSE IN BOLIVIA THERE IS NO JUSTICE FOR MIDDLE CLASS OR POOR PEOPLE. THE POLICE IS SO CORRUPT THAT FOR DOING A SIMPLE THING THEY WANT MONEY. I SPENT SO MUCH MONEY IN LAWYERS AND BRIVING THE POLICE WORKERS TO DO THEIR JOB.
ANY QUESTIONS LET ME KNOW.

NINA


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