US: Interim Bolivia official took bribes in tear gas deal
By JOSHUA GOODMANMay 25, 2021 GMT
FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2019 file photo, a man kicks a tear gas canister during clashes between police and supporters of former President Evo Morales who set up barricades in La Paz, Bolivia. Former senior Bolivian official Sergio Rodrigo Mendez was arrested for seeking kickbacks from a group of Florida-based businessmen allegedly selling tear gas at inflated prices to the conservative government of former interim President Jeanine Anez, who took power in November 2019 after Morales stepped down amid violent protests disputing his re-election to a fourth straight term. (AP Photo/Juan Karita, File)