Is Leo Sweating?

Rodolfo Mattarollo has sent his Unasur-commissioned report on the Sept. 11 massacre in Pando to Bachelet and Evo, according to La Razón. Evo in turn has invited South American heads of state to drop on by La Paz to discuss it. Leopoldo Fernandez is already there, waiting it out in the San Pedro prison (I hear there's quite a bit to do there, if he's so inclined (sniff, sniff)). But what does the report say? Well, we have to wait. But it doesn't look too good for Leo:

Questioned on the possible participation in the events of the then-prefect of Pando, Leopoldo Fernandez, Matarollo responded that it wasn't yet the time to comment on that, although last week he declared that he did not have the slightest doubt of the responsibility of local authorities.

"Local authorities" means "prefect" in my book.

"¡Somos Asesinos!" Just Doesn't Cut It

Thanks to Otto for pointing it out: An Unasur commission, headed by Argentinian lawyer Rodolfo Mattarollo, is set to investigate the massacre in Pando. There are many conflicting reports of what actually happened there, some of them absolutely insane. But most, including AP's account, indicate that militants from the anti-Morales opposition machine-gunned Morales supporters. Opposition leaders, whose supporters regularly shout "¡Evo Asesino!", obviously want to blame this on the peasants; their slogan depends on it.

Jokes aside, it's a pretty impotant step to clear this up, find the responsible party (Leopoldo Fernandez, former prefect of Pando, looks to be the likely instigator), and mete out some justice--as much, anyway, as can be salvaged from this unfortunate, brutal, and cowardly event.