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failed to gain the support of the broader armed forces, the coup plotters negotiated the release of the president, seeking political asylum with no mention of ransom. With the help of US diplomats, they struck a deal with government officials and secured leniency. Six of the coup plotters were taken to the
Argentine Assembly while another seven sought asylum in the Venezuelan Embassy.
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At 5:30 am on June 30, 1984, a dissident faction of army and police officers numbering sixty abducted
Bolivian President Hernan Siles Zuazo. The Bolivian president, kidnapped at dawn from his bedroom in the presidential palace, was forced into a vehicle and taken to a warehouse in a
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publicly reassuring US support to the country. The
Leopards, for their part in the attempted coup, were confined to their barracks, and around 50 people were arrested, including members of past military cabinets and the right-wing
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324:References
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