Senior judge Victor Hugo Claure fatally shot in Bolivia

A senior Bolivian judge was fatally shot by hitmen while riding in a taxi in the eastern city of Santa Cruz, police said Friday.The shooting of Victor Hugo Claure, the most senior judge on Bolivia’s highest agro-environmental court, took place Thursday night, and is under investigation.For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.“Yesterday a regrettable incident occurred: the murder of a magistrate,” Santa Cruz police commander David Gomez told a news conference.One of two individuals riding a motorcycle had fired at the vehicle in which the judge was traveling, Gomez said.Claure died before reaching hospital, and the public prosecutor’s office said his body bore four gunshot wounds.The United Nations in Bolivia condemned the killing and called for a “prompt and thorough investigation.”“It is imperative that all those responsible for this crime be identified and punished,” it said in a statement.The motive remains under investigation, but Gomez

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