LatinNews Daily - 14 July 2017

Bolivia: A shoot-out which took place during the robbery of a jewellery store in Santa Cruz, the capital of the eponymous eastern department, has left five people dead and at least nine people injured. Those killed include three of the four assailants, believed to be members of a Brazilian criminal gang, Primer Comando de la Capital (PCC); a police lieutenant, Carlos Gutiérrez Valenzuela; and the store’s general manager, Lorena Tórrez. Bolivian state news agency, ABI, described the robbery as the most violent of the past 50 years.

Colombia: Former guerrillas from the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) who enrol in government reinsertion programmes will receive financial benefits of US$217 per month for two years, the equivalent of 90% of the minimum wage. In the wake of the completion of the recent disarmament process, demobilised guerrillas will also receive a one-off payment of US$650 this August.

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