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On May 29, 2012, thirteen people were arrested in the framework of the investigation that was initiated by the FELCC (Special Force of the Fight Against Crime) around some attacks against symbols of Power. Most went free after a few hours or in the following days for having collaborated with the investigation. Of these 13 people, 3 remain under arrest, Henry being one of them.<\/p>\n
Henry was arrested on the 29th while he was leaving from work; that same day they raided his parents\u2019 house and the next day they raided his residence (after asking him for his address). On the 30th, the government minister presented the arrestees and the evidence obtained in the raided before the cameras of the media. The prepared evidence in that spectacle were ridiculous, going from patches, zines, flags, banners, and posters to a .22 caliber revolver (the property of another person who went free during the first days). The images from that public lynching were reproduced by the state television channel.<\/p>\n
Henry has been imprisoned since that day in the San Pedro Prison in the city of La Paz, Bolivia. The charges pressed against him are \u201cterrorism\u201d and \u201cattempted homicide,\u201d with the possible sentence of 20 years of prison. They accuse him of \u201cterrorism\u201d making him responsible for a series of explosive\/incendiary attacks against ATMs that were carried out in the city of La Paz since 2011 and claimed by the FAI\/IRF. The \u201cattempted homicide\u201d is based on a smoke bomb attack that the Vice Minister of the Environment suffered in 2011.<\/em> The cells of the FAI\/IRF who carried out these attacks made it clear at the time that the State was hitting the wrong people<\/em><\/em>,<\/em>\u00a0but in spite of that they kept Henry in \u201cpreventive prison.\u201d Henry himself has stated that he only knows the FAI\/IRF by means of the communiques that they posted to different internet pages.<\/p>\n At present, Henry\u2019s lawyer is intending to change the \u201cpreventive prison\u201d to \u201chouse arrest,\u201d but this is being blocked by the repeated suspensions of the hearings (most due to the absence of some prosecutor, the lack of the investigation notes, or of one of the parties). The fourth hearing was suspended due one of the arrestees requesting a change of judge, while the fifth was suspended by the defense itself due to a missing transcript.<\/p>\n There were seven hearings suspended until in the eighth, which was on Thursday November 29th, he was denied house arrest. Presently Henry\u2019s defense seeks to set a new hearing to again request a change in the cautionary measures against him.<\/p>\n We will continue to update this information as it changes.<\/p>\n 19\/01\/2013: Update on comrade Henry<\/strong><\/p>\n On January 17, 2013, the hearing set for the request for house arrest for the comrade Henry was supposed to be held. This audience was postponed at the request of the comrade himself, who has rejected the case in the first court due to the fact that there were many prejudices on the part of the judge in charge of this court. Now they have to wait for the assignment of the case to a new court, therefore there is no date set for a next hearing.<\/p>\n We will continue reporting on the case.<\/p>\n
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