At least 13 people were injured in clashes that broke out today between police officers and his supporters former president Evo Moraleswho had blocked a road near the central Bolivian town of Mairana, local authorities said.

“In total, 13 injured were treated, including 12 policemen and one civilianMaria Jimena Veysaga, a doctor at a hospital in Santa Cruz, told AFP.

The former president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, today called for an investigation by regional authorities into the alleged attempted murder of, on Sunday, in the Cochabamba region of central Bolivia. The government called it “staged”.

“We require one international and independent research” Morales wrote in a post on Platform X (formerly Twitter), referring to the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of the Americas (ALBA).

Evo Morales, who served as president of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019, said his car was the target of an armed attack on Sunday in the Chapare region, accusing special agents of the Bolivian security services of trying to assassinate him.

The government gave a completely different version and claims that Morales’ motorcade did not stop at a checkpoint Drug Prosecution and some opened fire, injuring a policeman. Interior Minister Eduardo del Castillo called the incident “staged”.

Today, Evo Morales went on the counterattack and directly accused the minister of wanting to kill him. “Organized and ordered the business,” he claimed in a post on the X platform.

The incident worsens the political crisis in Bolivia, where for three weeks supporters of Evo Morales have blocked the main streets of the country, demanding the resignation of President Arce.