now. to be, hours in bolivia now after the leader of what the attempted coup was arrested, generaljuanjose zunigae had of the army in the country. it happened a few hours after, as you mentioned, heavily—armed robber military to over and retreated from plaza murillo in la paz bolivia whether residential building and other key government buildings are situated. what's more striking is at the moment of his arrest ofjuanjose zuniga, he accused the president luis arce of being behind this alleged attempted to to raise his popularity, something that can't be proved at the moment, as you mentioned has well, a criminal investigation by the public prosecutor might shed some clarity on this.- public prosecutor might shed some clarity on this. could you ut this some clarity on this. could you put this in _ some clarity on this. could you put this in context _ some clarity on this. could you put this in context for - some clarity on this. could you put this in context for us - some clarity on this. could you put this in context for us and l put this in context for us and what led up to the events of this we

this is the moment generaljuanjose zuniga, leader of the coup attempt, and former commander of the bolivianrrested by police who took him away in a car while speaking to reporters outside a military barrack. the president and vice president then took to the main square of la paz to greet supporters. the public prosecutor's office now says it will launch a criminal investigation into general zuniga and those who backed him. on wednesday, hundreds of soldiers and armoured vehicles surrounded government buildings in the capital. they fired shots at government supporters who tried to stop them. an army tank knocked down the main gate of the presidential palace while troops entered the building. general zuniga said there would be a change of government and announced that he would release political prisoners. rumours have been swirling for days that the general was on the verge of being dismissed.

generaljuanjose zuniga, leader of the coup attempt, and former commander of the bolivian armed forcess is the moment that general zuniga was arrested by police and they took him away in a car while speaking to reporters outside of the military barracks. the president and vice president took to the main square to greet supporters. on wednesday hundreds of soldiers and armoured vehicles fired shots at government supporters who tried to stop them an army tank knocked down the main gate of the presidential palace while troops entered

generaljuanjose zuniga, leader of the coup attempt, and former commander of the bolivian armed forcessident and vice president then took to the main square of la paz, to greet supporters. the public prosecutor's office now says it will launch a criminal investigation into general zuniy—ga and those who backed him. on wednesday, hundreds of soldiers and armored vehicles surrounded government buildings in the capital. they encircled government buildings and fired shots at government supporters who tried to stop them. an army tank knocked down the main gate of the presidential palace while troops entered the building. general zuniga said there would be a change of government and announced that he would release political prisoners. rumours have been swirling for days that the general was on the verge of being dismissed. joining me live luis fajardo from bbc monitoring. bring us up to date with what has been unfolding?

and generaljuanjose zuniga, leader of the coup attempt, and former commander of the bolivian armed forceseavily armed troops had taken over the main square in la paz, with one armoured car trying to ram the doors of the presidential palace. bolivia's president luis arce denounced what he called the "irregular mobilization by some units of the bolivian army", saying "democracy must be respected". he then addressed the nation, alongside his cabinet, calling on the bolivian people and social groups to mobilise against the attempted coup. and in the past hour, the president and vice president have greeted supporters in the plaza murillo after police retook control.

and generaljuanjose zuniga, leader of the coup attempt, and former commander of the bolivian armed forceshas just been arrested by the bolivian police. heavily armed troops had taken over the main square in la paz, with one armoured car trying to ram the doors of the presidential palace. bolivia's president luis arce denounced what he called the "irregular mobilization by some units of the bolivian army", saying "democracy must be respected". he then addressed the nation, alongside his cabinet, calling on the bolivian people and social groups to mobilise against the attempted coup. and in the past hour, the president and vice president have greeted supporters in the plaza murillo after police retook control. the public prosecutor's office says it's to launch a criminal investigation against a top general, juanjose zuniga and others for leading the insurrection. the bbc�*sjose carlos cueto explains the wider context behind this attempted coup. what was going on today in bolivia, we need to first look at the current situation of the country. a country is experiencing an economic crisis. esp

generaljuanjose zuniga, leader of the coup attempt, and former commander of the bolivian armed forces, was arrested by police a shortwhile ago. this is the moment that general zuniga was arrested by police and they took him away in a car while speaking to reporters outside of the military barracks. the president and vice president took to the main square to greet supporters. on wednesday hundreds of soldiers and armoured vehicles fired shots at government supporters who tried to stop them an army tank knocked down the main gate of the presidential palace while troops entered the building and general zuniga announced he would release political prisoners as rumours had been swirling for days that the general was on the verge of being dismissed. will grant is joining us to talk about this. it appears a coup has been averted. what is the latest you can tell us. it averted. what is the latest you can tell ve— can tell us. it looks that way and it gives _ can tell us. it looks that way and it gives a _ can tell us. it looks that way and it gives a sense - can tell us. it looks that way and

generaljuanjose zuniga, leader of the coup attempt, and former commander of the bolivian armed forces, was arrested by police a shortwhile ago. the president and vice president then took to the main square of la paz, to greet supporters. the public prosecutor's office now says it will launch a criminal investigation into general zuniy—ga and those who backed him. on wednesday, hundreds of soldiers and armored vehicles surrounded government buildings in the capital. they encircled government buildings and fired shots at government supporters who tried to stop them. an army tank knocked down the main gate of the presidential palace while troops entered the building. general zuniga said there would be a change of government and announced that he would release political prisoners. rumours have been swirling for days that the general was on the verge of being dismissed. joining me live luis fajardo from bbc monitoring. bring us up to date with what has been unfolding? as you mentioned, the president of bolivia, luis arce seems to have successfully contained at this apparent military intera