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Bolivian government confirms beating death of deputy interior minister by miners

PANDURO, Bolivia (Reuters) — The Bolivian government confirmed on Thursday (August 25) that Bolivian Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes was beaten to death by striking mineworkers after being kidnapped. “Everything indicates that our Vice Minister of the Interior, Rodolfo Illanes, was killed in a cowardly and brutal way. We are organizing to receive the body. We are deeply pained. We pray for the pain of the family,” said Government Minister Carlos Romero on state television. […]