Senior Judge fatally shot in Bolivia
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“A senior Bolivian judge was fatally shot by hitmen while riding in a taxi in the eastern city of Santa Cruz”
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Two independent news sources (The Hindu and THE DAILY...) confirm that a senior Bolivian judge (Víctor Hugo Claure) was shot dead in Santa Cruz while in a vehicle (taxi/driving).
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— Bolivians (Spanish: Bolivianos) are people identified with the country of Bolivia. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Bolivians, several (or all) of these conn…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolivians
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolivians
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— Santa Cruz (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌsanta ˈkɾus]) is the largest of the nine constituent departments of Bolivia, occupying about one-third (33.74%) of the country's territory. With an area of 370,621…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Department
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Department
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— Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Spanish: [ˈsanta ˈkɾus ðe la ˈsjera]; lit. 'Holy Cross of the Mountain Range'), commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the largest city in Bolivia and the capital of the Santa Cruz …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_de_la_Sierra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_de_la_Sierra
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“The shooting of Victor Hugo Claure, the most senior Judge on Bolivia's highest agro-environmental court, took place on Thursday (April 30, 2026) night”
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Three independent sources (The Hindu, MercoPress, and THE DAILY...) confirm the identity of the victim as Víctor Hugo Claure, his role as a senior judge/dean of the Agro-Environmental Court, and the timing of the event as Thursday night, April 30, 2026.
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— General elections were held in Bolivia on 17 August 2025 to elect the president, vice president, and all members of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly. Incumbent president Luis Arce of the ruling …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Bolivian_general_election
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— Club Bolívar (Spanish pronunciation: [kluβ boˈliβaɾ]) is a Bolivian professional football club that currently plays in the Bolivian Primera División. Founded in 1925 in honor of military leader Simón …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_Bolívar
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_Bolívar
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— Víctor Hugo Zamora Castedo (born 5 December 1970), often referred to as Ojorico, is a Bolivian forestry engineer, politician, and former student leader who served as minister of hydrocarbons from 2019…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Víctor_Hugo_Zamora
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Víctor_Hugo_Zamora
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