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Enforced disappearances Bolivia
| Numbers and Context |
|---|
| UNWGEID Cases |
| 48 cases reported, 20 clarified and 28 outstanding. |
| NGOs Numbers |
| Over 14,000 illegal and arbitrary detentions and 37 disappearances still outstanding according to ASOFAMD |
| Context |
| The majority of the cases to the UNWGEID took place between 1980 and 1980. The disappearances were executed as measures taken by the authorities in the context of the two coups d'états between the years 1979 and 1981: in 1980, General Luis García Meza Tejada carried out a ruthless and violent coup d'état that did not have popular support. His government was notorious for human-rights-abuses and in 1981, when a military rebellion forced García Meza, out of the government. The family member organisation ASOFMAD dates the beginning of the phenomenon of enforced disappearances in Bolivia back to 1971 during Bánzer Suárez's dictatorship. Suárez was taken out of power by Alberto Natusch Busch also through a coup d'état. Luis García Meza Tejada took power over by a third military coup in 1980. According to ASOFAMD, these dictatorial governments imposed the practice of forced disappearance and summary executions of political figures and unionists. The National Commission of Inquiry into Disappearances was established by President Hernán Siles Zuazo just days after the country's return to democracy, in order to investigate disappearances. This was the first truth commission in Latin America. The Commission documented 155 cases of disappearances, and in some cases was able to locate the remains of missing persons. Lack of funding and political will led the Commission to be disbanded before a final report could be produced. |
| Federations and Organisations | |
|---|---|
| Federation | Federación Latinoamericana de Asociaciones de Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos (FEDEFAM) |
| Website | http://www.desaparecidos.org/fedefam |
| Contact | Postal Address: Fedefam 2444 - Carmelitas 1010-A Caracas, Venezuela Office: Edif. Aldomar Piso 7 - Oficina 55, Marrón a Cují TF: +58.2.564.0503 Fax: +58.2.564.2746 e-mail: fedefamorg(at)cantv.net |
| Focus | Enforced Disappearances in Latin American Region |
| Organisation | Asociación de Familiares de Detenidos (ASOFAMD) |
| Website | www.asofamd.org |
| Contact | e-mail: asofamd(at)entelnet.bo |
| Focus | Enforced Disappearances in Bolivia |
| Member of | Federación Latinoamericana de Asociaciones de Familiares de Detenidos-Desaparecidos (FEDEFAM) |