La Paz 1996 Mission

The mission to La Paz in 1996 was undertaken by the Washington Field Team in late 2015.
== Background ==
Relations between Bolivia and Chile had been unstable for some time, and so the threat of a terrorist attack between the two was a likely, and potentially highly unstable, possibility.
== Infraction ==
On 13th May 1996, a Reclaimer operative, Rufus Barnes, detonated a bomb thirty feet from the Presidential Palace, killing thirteen people and injuring nine more. After investigations into the bombing revealed (faked) ties to a Chilean extremist group, relations between Bolivia and Chile would break down completely, leading to over a decade of open hostilities between them. 
In fact, if Cassius is to be believed, none of this was true, and the whole infraction was a set up between Arnold Kobinsky and another man, for unknown reasons.
== Mission Outline ==
Will Bradley and Josh Hannigan were on point in the plaza for this mission. In a nearby location, Jennifer Ross monitored the scene, scanning for traces of the bomb, while elsewhere Benita Gutierrez and Blake Kishell observed from a distance. After Will correctly identified that the target, Rufus Barnes, was a decoy, he and Josh went after the real bomber - an unassuming female Reclaimer - while Benita and Blake pursued and captured Barnes. Will and Josh were successful in preventing the bomb from detonating, but the female Reclaimer got away.
== Repercussions ==
The infraction was prevented and Rufus Barnes was arrested. However, the real bomber was able to Jump before she was detained.
Will would later learn from Cassius that this infraction had been faked, supplying video evidence in which Director Kobinsky and another, unidentified man, discussed setting it up. This ultimately led Will onto the path of betraying the QIA. Whether Cassius was in fact telling the truth or not remains unknown.
Category:Missions