Troops and armored vehicles disperse as Bolivia arrests army chief leading coup attempt
Bolivian forces have arrested the general accused of attempting a coup against the country's government on Wednesday, crowning an hours-long overture by armed soldiers who stormed the national palace. In breakneck developments over a handful of hours, video footage showed armored vehicles and troops led by army chief General Juan Jose Zuniga appearing to encircle the government seat of President Luis Arce, who called the demonstration an attempted putsch. "The country is today facing an attempted coup d'etat," Arce said, according to a CNBC translation. "We need the people of Bolivia to mobilize and organize against the coup and in favor of democracy."
