Police in El Alto, Bolivia, used tear gas against looters targeting the Bolivian Air Force plane crash site on a roadway early Saturday, February 28, 2026, between 12:45 AM and 2:45 AM UTC, after scattered money from the wreckage drew crowds past the unsecured perimeter, according to reports from the scene. The looting followed the Friday evening crash that killed 15 people and injured at least 30 others, as previously reported by a fire services colonel to local media and relayed by N12 Foreign Desk. The lack of sufficient police and military presence enabled people to enter the area and seize cash scattered from the downed aircraft during this nearly two-hour reporting window. Emergency response teams continue at the high-altitude site adjacent to La Paz, where the military plane came down directly onto the road, according to earlier BNO Desk alerts. No updated casualty figures or details on the aircraft type emerged from official Bolivian Air Force statements in this period.
