A senior Bolivian general who attempted a coup was arrested and paraded before news cameras in handcuffs as the nation's president urged his citizens to rise up against any further attempts to topple the government.
The quiet economist was thrust into the global spotlight on Wednesday when rogue military units seized the central square of La Paz and rammed a door of the presidential palace with an armored vehicle to allow soldiers to rush in.
That fueled speculation about what really happened, even after the government announced the arrest of 17 people, most of them military officers.
If Zúñiga is found guilty, the terrorism charge can be punished by 15-20 years in prison, and five to 15 years for armed uprising.
