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Bolivia plane crash: Central Bank warns crash banknotes are invalid - Video

Name: Bolivia plane crash: Central Bank warns crash banknotes are invalid - Video
Uploaded: 2026-02-28T16:35:06.973Z
Duration: PT42.701S
Description: Bolivia’s Central Bank has said that banknotes found at the site of a military cargo plane crash in El Alto have no legal tender value and warned that possessing them would constitute a criminal offence.

Bolivia’s Central Bank has said that banknotes found at the site of a military cargo plane crash in El Alto have no legal tender value and warned that possessing them would constitute a criminal offence.

Speaking at a press conference in La Paz, Central Bank President David Espinoza Torrico said the institution had signed a 2025 contract with Grain Currency Malta Limited to supply 967 million boliviano banknotes and explained that currency only enters legal circulation once it is received and authorised by the bank. He stated that the shipment was being transported to La Paz when the aircraft crashed, stressing that the recovered notes have no legal value and must be returned to the Central Bank of Bolivia or an authorised financial institution. The Bolivian Air Force Hercules C-130 went down while landing at El Alto International Airport, leaving at least 15 people dead after reportedly skidding off the runway in severe weather and striking vehicles.

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