Bolivian armored vehicles, soldiers withdraw from square outside presidential palace
A soldier sits atop a military vehicle as Bolivia's President Luis Arce "denounced the irregular mobilization" of some units of the country's army, in La Paz, Bolivia June 26. REUTERS/Claudia Morales Purchase Licensing Rights
LA PAZ, June 26 (Reuters) - Bolivian armored vehicles and soldiers began withdrawing from around the country's presidential palace on Wednesday afternoon, a Reuters witness saw, after President Luis Arce appointed new military chiefs amid what regional leaders have condemned as an attempted coup.
The new military command has ordered that troops led by General Juan Jose Zuniga return home, while the country's top court condemned what it called an attack against democratic stability in the South American country.
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Reporting by Daniel Ramos; Editing by Aida Peláez-Fernández
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