Three suspected leaders of a failed coup against Bolivian President Luis Arce were remanded in custody on Friday for six months, the country’s top prosecutor said. Former army chief Juan Jose Zuniga, former head of navy Juan Arnez and Alejandro Irahola, former head of the army’s mechanized brigade, will be held in a high-security prison not far from the capital La Paz. Zuniga has claimed that he was following Arce’s orders and that the president had hoped for the coup to trigger a crackdown that would boost his popularity.
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