Farmer Accidentally Blows Himself Up With Dynamite During Dispute With Police

A coca grower accidentally blew himself up with a dynamite stick while mishandling the explosive during protests against law enforcement in Bolivia.

Translated from Spanish via Google Translate:

“Plácido Cota, brother of a leader of the Council of Women’s Peasant Federations of Los Yungas, is the coca grower who was seriously injured by the handling of dynamite during the confrontation recorded this Monday with the Police in Villa El Carmen.

In videos broadcast on social networks, the moment in which Cota backs away after throwing an object is seen and in a matter of seconds a dynamite explodes, leaving him lying on the floor and with several serious injuries.

An ambulance helped him to the Arco Iris hospital , where he is undergoing emergency surgery.

The Delegation of the Ombudsman in La Paz indicates that he contacted the doctor Brayan Oropeza, who attended him, who indicated that his situation is critical.

The report adds that the wounded man was admitted to the operating room with a diagnosis of a traumatic amputation of the left forearm and abdominal trauma.”