Farming Union Conflict Turns Violent Over Socialist Land Grab

Farming Union Conflict Turns Violent Over Socialist Land Grab
Police in Santa Cruz arrest one of the rioters outside the farmer's union office on Dec. 13, 2021. Cesar Calani/The Epoch Times
Autumn Spredemann
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SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia—Smoke from gunpowder and tear gas lingered in the air as rival members of a local farmer’s union engaged in a brutal conflict over the Movement for Socialism (MAS) Party’s distribution of free land to party supporters on Dec. 13.

Police arrested three combatants while five were injured in the conflict.

Autumn Spredemann
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Autumn is a South America-based reporter covering primarily Latin American issues for The Epoch Times.
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