Graphic footage of a Bolivian coca farmer seriously injured by dynamite at a protest this month is circulating in the wrong context Posts with more than 30,000 views falsely claim the video shows a man shot by the military in Indian Kashmir
by Bolivian TV channel Unitel about a coca producer who was"seriously injured" by dynamite at a protest.Comparison between the video circulating on social media and the footage in Unitel's report , 30-year-old Placido Cota lost his left arm after handling dynamite during clashes with police at the march on August 8 in the Bolivian capital La Paz.in La Paz in a long-running dispute over control of the coveted commercialisation of the plant.
Growers from the Association of Coca Producers are demanding the closure of a parallel market for the plant, which they say is illegal and enjoys government support.that the protest in which Cota lost his arm happened in the capital's Villa El Carmen neighbourhood, where coca growers marched from 10th Street to 1st Street .images of 2nd Street in Villa El Carmen .
Screenshot from footage of the dynamite accident and a Google Street View image of Calle 2 in Villa El Carmen on August 19, showing Cota speaking from his hospital bed to thank his family and medical staff.
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