Bolivian Rebels Again Bomb La Paz
LA PAZ, Sept. 2
Bolivian rebel planes again raided La Paz today but the Government antiaircraft guns prevented them doing damage by keeping them at a great height. Most of the bombs missed the city target and landed in the surrounding mountains. The Government confirmed a report that ”0 political prisoners in the penal colony on Coati Island in Lake Titicaca escaped after killing the colony’s governor, Senor Daniel Navajas Roman. They (led to the Peruvian side of the lake. The Government also announced that it had regained control of three small towns in the North Bolivian area of the Amazon Basin.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23042, 5 September 1949, Page 5
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