Bolivia's attorney general has filed charges against the entire leadership of the armed forces after a failed coup earlier this week, according to media reports.
The former commanders of the army, navy and air force are accused of terrorism and armed rebellion against the security and sovereignty of the state, the newspaper El Deber reported on Friday.
If convicted, they face prison sentences of 20 years.
Prosecutors have also requested that the defendants be remanded in custody for six months, assessing that they are a flight risk.
The three defendants - Juan José Zúñiga Macías from the army, Juan Arnez Salvador from the navy and Marcelo Javier Zegarra from the air force - could destroy, alter, suppress, conceal or falsify evidence, the prosecutors were cited as saying.
Renegade military officers occupied the central square of La Paz with armoured vehicles on Wednesday and forced their way into the government palace.
President Luis Arce replaced the entire leadership of the armed forces, and the new chiefs ordered the troops to withdraw.
A total of 21 military personnel were detained following the attempted coup, Interior Minister Eduardo del Castillo said at a press conference on Friday.
Among the "key people" detained was the driver of the armoured vehicle used to destroy the door of the government palace, del Castillo said.
