Bolivian

The book was clearly fiction — featuring characters such as an absurdly monastic Bolivian radio-novela writer who loses his marbles and begins to confuse his characters and his plots.

Two years later, he expelled both the DEA and the American ambassador, accusing them of spying and undermining Bolivian sovereignty.

Images published in Bolivian media showed a badly damaged coach with its bodywork ripped off and luggage scattered on the roadside.

The girls, aged 14, 16, and 17, were arrested on suspicion of GBH on Thursday after a 75-year-old Bolivian national was taken to hospital.

"Bolivians are handed over to the North American Empire, violating international agreements, without first being tried in their homeland where they supposedly committed crimes", he added.