Behind the Scenes in Bolivia: Massacre Victims Call for U.S. to Extradite Leaders

In this week's New Times, you can read my update about the Bolivian victims of a 2003 conflict now known as Octubre Negro. More than 60 mostly indigenous protesters and bystanders died when the government called the military on demonstrators. Then, Bolivia's president and defense minister fled to Miami. Today,...
By Tim ElfrinkJanuary 14, 2010
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Tim Elfrink is a former investigative reporter and managing editor for Miami New Times. He has won the George Polk Award and was a finalist for the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting.

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