Rodolfo Illanes
{{Short description|Bolivian politician}}
{{family name hatnote|Illanes|Alvarado|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox Minister
|name = Rodolfo Illanes
|image =
|order = Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Bolivia
|president = Evo Morales
|term_start = 14 March 2016
|term_end = 25 August 2016
|predecessor = Marcelo Elío Chávez
|successor = Pedro Julio Villa
|birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1958|8|18}}
|birth_place = La Paz, Bolivia
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2016|8|25|1958|8|18}}
|death_cause = Lynching{{cite news|last1=Molina|first1=Fernando|title=Bolivian minister lynched by protesting miners|url=http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/08/26/inenglish/1472206973_157323.html|accessdate=28 August 2016|publisher=El País|date=26 August 2016|location=La Paz}}
|party = Movement for Socialism
|spouse =
|children =
|occupation = Lawyer
}}
Rodolfo J. Illanes Alvarado (18 August 1958 – 25 August 2016) was a Bolivian lawyer and politician who served as Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs from 14 March 2016 to 25 August 2016, during the third cabinet of President Evo Morales.
Biography
Rodolfo Illanes was born in the city of La Paz in 1958. He was a lawyer at the Higher University of San Andrés (UMSA). He had also had a specialty in Criminal Sciences, from the University of Costa Rica.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
He was an adviser to President Evo Morales in his first term. In the Ministry of Labour he held the position of Superintendent of Civil Service and then Deputy Minister of Work, Employment, and Social Security.{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
On 14 March 2016, he assumed the position of Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, replacing Marcelo Elío Chávez.{{cite web|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.la-razon.com/nacional/Rodolfo-Illanes-asume-Viceministro-Gobierno_0_2453754665.html&prev=search|title=Google Translate|accessdate=28 August 2016}}
Kidnapping and death
On 25 August 2016, Illanes was kidnapped along with his assistant while heading to Panduro to speak to anti-government protesters and then was later killed by the striking miners who abducted him.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-37192790|title=Bolivia minister killed by protesting miners|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=28 August 2016}} His murder shocked the South American country. Defence Minister Reymi Ferreira broke down on television as he described how Illanes, appointed to his post in March, had apparently been "beaten and tortured to death".{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bolivia-minister-idUSKCN11100X|title=Bolivian miners lift roadblock after deputy minister beaten to death|date=26 August 2016|accessdate=28 August 2016|via=Reuters}}
Government minister Carlos Romero called it a "cowardly and brutal killing" and asked the miners to immediately hand over the body.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/26/bolivian-deputy-interior-minister-killed-by-striking-miners/|title=Bolivian deputy interior minister kidnapped and beaten to death by striking miners|accessdate=28 August 2016}}
References
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