About a Dozen Killed as Twin Blasts Rock Bolivian Army Base

Government-critical narrative

This incident is a reminder that Bolivia's barracks have become death traps for poor farm kids and Indigenous conscripts, as 62 have been dead since 2011 and there are just two convictions to show for it. Beatings, torture-style punishments and heat stroke get written off as accidents while military courts shield the officers responsible. Mandatory service that kills the sons of the poor and calls it discipline deserves to be dismantled.