Roger Pinto Molina

Roger Pinto Molina (23 April 1960 – 16 August 2017) was a Bolivian right-wing politician. Pinto was born in Santa Rosa, Beni. He was elected to the Chamber of Deputies in 1997, from the single-member constituency 67 in Pando (covering areas in the provinces Nicolás Suárez, Manuripi and General Federico Román) as a Nationalist Democratic Action (ADN) candidate.

In 2005, Pinto was elected to the Senate as a Podemos candidate from Pando.REPUBLIC OF BOLIVIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 18 DECEMBER 2005 He served as the head of the Podemos faction in the Senate.La derecha "en pie de guerra"; Evo tentado a gobernar con decretos  He was reelected to the Senate in 2009, as a candidate of Plan Progress for Bolivia – National Convergence.Lista Nómina de Senadores y Diputados electos el 2009

Pinto was accused of involvement in the September 11, 2008 massacre in Porvenir.Cónsul acusa a senadores Bravo y Pinto de cómplices en la masacre de Pando  Until his death, he sought refuge in the Brazilian Embassy in La Paz. He was granted asylum in Brazil but was not given safe conduct by Evo Morales Government to leave Bolivia.El linchamiento de dos brasileños en Bolivia tensa las relaciones bilateralesSenador boliviano cumple tres meses refugiado en embajada de Brasil

Molina was killed in a plane crash on 16 August 2017 in Brazil at the age of 58.Morre em Brasília ex-senador boliviano Roger Pinto Molina 

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