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LA PAZ, Bolivia: Striking Bolivian miners kidnapped and beat to death the country鈥檚 deputy interior minister in a shocking spasm of violence following weeks of tension over dwindling paychecks in a region hit hard by falling metal prices. The miners were demanding they be allowed to work for private companies, who promise to put more cash in their pockets.
The issue has bedeviled President Evo Morales, who began as a champion of the working class and privatized the nation鈥檚 mining industry, only to see his support crater amid the downturn. Miners say Morales has become a shill of the rich, and done little to help them make ends meet as the economy slows.
Deputy Minister Rodolfo Llanes had traveled Thursday to the scene of the violent protests in an effort to negotiate with the strikers who armed themselves with dynamite seized several highways.
Instead, Illanes was 鈥渟avagely beaten鈥� to death by miners, Defense Minister Reymi Ferreira told Red Uno television, his voice breaking.
Government Minister Carlos Romero called it a 鈥渃owardly and brutal killing鈥� and asked that the body of Illanes, whose formal title is vice minister of the interior regime, be turned over to authorities.
Earlier, Romero had said that Illanes had been kidnapped and possibly tortured, but wasn鈥檛 able to confirm reports that he had been killed by the striking informal miners, who are demanding the right to associate with private companies, among other issues.
鈥淭his is a political conspiracy,鈥� Morales said at a news conference on Friday. Calling for three days of official mourning, he criticized the 鈥渃owardly attitude鈥� of the protesters and insisted that his government had 鈥渁lways been open鈥� to negotiation.
The fatal beating came after the killings of two protesters in clashes with police, deaths that likely fueled the tensions.
Illanes had gone to Panduro, 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of the La Paz, to open a dialogue with the striking miners, who have blockaded a highway there since Monday. Thousands of passengers and vehicles are stranded on roads blocked by the strikers.