Undated file photo shows Bolivia's Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes. Bolivia's attorney general said on Aug. 25, 2016 that he could not confirm or rule out reports saying that Illanes had been beaten to death by striking mineworkers. (Xinhua/ABI)
LA PAZ, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- Bolivian Deputy Interior Minister Rodolfo Illanes was beaten to death by striking miners demanding changes to laws, local media reported Thursday.
The government said earlier that the deputy minister had been kidnapped, but there has been no official confirmation on his death.
