Currencies

Bolivia Races to Destroy $62 Million in Cash That Fell From Sky

Members of the military burn piles of cash at the scene of a plane crash in El Alto, Bolivia, on Feb. 27.Photographer: Marcelo Perez del Carpio/Bloomberg

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By Marcelo Rochabrun and Sergio Mendoza

February 28, 2026 at 6:25 PM UTC

Updated on

February 28, 2026 at 11:26 PM UTC

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Bolivian authorities are scrambling to destroy the equivalent of $62 million worth of local currency bank notes that fell from the sky in a deadly plane crash in the country’s second largest city.