RURRENABAQUE, BOLIVIA [YNET] — Bolivian police forces raided a Chabad center [not listed as an official chabad house on Chabad.org] in the northeastern town of Rurrenabaque a number of times in recent days, ordered its closure and arrested a number of Israeli tourists who were staying there.
Rabbi Aharon Fraiman, who heads the center, told Ynet the police refused to give him a reason for the raid, but rumors throughout the town have linked the police activity to an assassination attempt on the Bolivian president last week.
Bolivian Police Raid Chabad Center, Rumors of an Assassination Attempt
RURRENABAQUE, BOLIVIA [YNET] — Bolivian police forces raided a Chabad center [not listed as an official chabad house on Chabad.org] in the northeastern town of Rurrenabaque a number of times in recent days, ordered its closure and arrested a number of Israeli tourists who were staying there.
Rabbi Aharon Fraiman, who heads the center, told Ynet the police refused to give him a reason for the raid, but rumors throughout the town have linked the police activity to an assassination attempt on the Bolivian president last week.
On Wednesday, after the center temporarily resumed activity, Fraiman, who was almost arrested himself, said this was nothing more than a local dispute: “An anti-Semitic restaurateur who thinks we are hurting his livelihood is doing everything to get us out of here,” the rabbi said.
On Thursday, however, the multiple arrests, closure of the center and the local media’s coverage of police activity in the area, led the rabbi to believe it was something more: “Apparently it’s not him, but something bigger. He doesn’t have this much power”.
“Rumors floating around say that it has something to do with an assassination attempt on the president,” the rabbi said. “But on the other hand, the media is reporting all kinds of other things, like that the Chabad center here is involved in dealing drugs and the like.
”Meanwhile, I hired a lawyer here to handle the case, but this is not a law-abiding state, and so far, no one has told us what the commotion is about. They also haven’t showed us any closure injunctions.“
The emissary told Ynet about one Israeli tourist who was arrested by the Bolivian immigration police, taken to the airport in handcuffs and deported from the country. He also said there were a few others still under arrest.
”I am working to have them released from custody, and am also trying to contact the Foreign Ministry or some kind of Israeli representative here. So far, I’ve had no success,” he said.
Rurrenabaque is one of the central tourist attractions for travelers in Bolivia, including many Israeli backpackers. The town is a center from which tourists leave for trips to the jungles and swamp areas in northern Bolivia.
Zalman
May the Rebbe protect his Shluchim!
me
I heard that they love serving mushroom soup there…
uh??
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not listed as an official chabad house on Chabad.org]
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What is that comment suppose to mean
Cool it
For the sake of all close it and take a nice long vacation until things cool down.
Tired of Shluchim Politics
Who cares if they are not listed on “Chabad.org”??
These are shluchim of the Rebbe, and Yidden – who need our help and prayers!! They have probably helped many others.
Tired of the Shluchim politics…
Shluchim don’t make policy in Lubavitch, the Rebbe does.
Shliach Oseh Shliach ad bias ELEF!!!!!!
Moshiach Now!!
cmf
Hes out in BOLIVIA having real mesiras nefesh to do the Rebbe’s work….I’d say hes a shaliach.
To: tired of Shluchim politics
You are brilliant!!!
“Shluchim don’t make policy in Lubavitch, the Rebbe does” Then you yourself quote the policy “shliach oseh shliach”. Do you not realize why you yourself wrote or are you so into meaningless slogans that the translation is of no consequence.
Shliach oseh shliach means that if you were not appointed by a shliach then regardless of how many jews you helped you are not a shliach. Period. End of policy (as instituted by the Rebbe and as acknowledged by you yourself).
Yes, I agree that we should daven for them, but the Rebbes policies still remain.
Shliach oiseh shliach
do oyu really believe he put his finger on the map and decided “that is my Shlichus”, withoout prior talking to another Shliach
POLITICS!!!! SICK OF IT!!!!
Why cant we appreciate and support ANYONE who is working for the REbbe, especially in the Boondocks????
madd
the united states army is the united states army, just because some people get up and declare themselves the us army doesn’t make them the us army even if they declare they just want to protect america, they would be shut down and most probably prosecuted.
Aharon
If only all these great chachomim would think for one second what would the Rebbe say, how would the Rebbe want us to react in such a situation… Granted for the sake of argument, anyone not under Merkaz is not an official shliach, does that take away from the Rebbe’s instructions that everyone in this generation can be and should be a shliach to spread Torah etc., a different geder of shliach, so here you have a young couple who went out (and l’honiach they weren’t as smart as you were and misunderstood the Rebbe’s 2 gedorim of shlichus)bimsiras nefesh to accomplish YOUR Rebbe’s wishes to bring Torah to a distant part of the world and bshaas they are in an eis tzora you bring up this divisive subject? DISGUSTING! YOU ARE MOST CERTAINLY BRINGING PAIN TO THE REBBE RIGHT NOW!!!!! AND EMBARASSING THE KOVOD OF THE REBBE AND THE ENTIRE LUBAVITCH AND UNDOUBTEDLY THE CAUSE FOR OUR LENGTHY STAY IN GOLUS!
The same confusion and darkness that you conjure on those who misplace the concept of shliach and in your belief bring pain to the Rebbe for this crime kein v’yesser al kein ELEF P’OMIM KOCHO, do you invoke the Rebbe’s tzaar R”L for your horrible machlokes which is worse TO YOUR REBBE than all his requests and instructions put together!!
CH.Info Moderator
Yishmerayhu Vyatzilayhu mikal sara vesucka…
Bchlal it seems that on comments such as these, the
top ones are kofrim and the bottom mamminim on ch.info
Anyway g-d did make stupid people on this planet
so just say tihilim for the shluchim/yidin whatever suites you
and have these poeple in mind for a r”sh when u do.
Moshiach NOW!!!