Senkata is an area in southern El Alto (the second most populated city in Bolivia according to the 2012 census), and is part of the city's 8th District. It has drawn international attention for the social protests of 2003, part of the October Massacre during the Bolivian gas conflict, and the 2019 protests by supporters of the Movement for Socialism during the post electoral protests in Bolivia in 2019. In both events, an executive decree authorizing police and military intervention was followed by civilians deaths. In 2003, the intervention was supported by executive Decree 27209 and in 2019 the intervention was supported by Decree 4078, which exempted the Armed Forces of Bolivia of criminal responsibility. Decree 4078 was repealed on the 28th of November 2019 after Jeanine Áñez's government reached an agreement with social organisations.