An injured man is wheeled away for help by demostrators during a strike in
El Alto, on the outskirts of La Paz, October 12, 2003. Five people were
reported killed Sunday after Bolivia's government sent thousands of troops
backed by tanks to quell increasingly violent protests against President
Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada. Witnesses told local radio two protesters were
killed during pitched battles with troops in the poor industrial suburb of
El Alto. Pictures of the Year 2003 REUTERS/Carlos Barria PP03100074

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