In Bolivia, hundreds of people gathered Wednesday outside the U.S. embassy in La Paz to demand the extradition of former President Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada. The gathering came on the fourth anniversary of the Black October government crackdown that killed 67 protesters and wounded more than 400. The protesters had been opposing a decision to export Bolivia’s natural gas through a port in Chile. De Lozada and two former top officials have resided in the U.S. since 2003 after a citizens’ uprising removed them from office. Bolivia is seeking De Lozada’s extradition.

Black October victims’ attorney Rogelio Mayta: “(Sánchez de Lozada) is trying to make out that the trial for the responsibility of the September and October 2003 massacres is a political persecution. But it isn’t. This is a cause of justice and four years of justice-in-waiting. It is part of the fight against impunity here in Bolivia and, as we consider it, for the whole American continent.”