The family of Irishman Michael Dwyer, who was shot dead in Bolivia in 2009 over an alleged assassination plot, say fresh evidence strengthens their calls for an independent international investigation into the killing.

The family of an Irish man shot dead in Bolivia over an alleged assassination plot say fresh evidence strengthens their calls for an independent international investigation into the killing.

BOLIVIAN president Evo Morales has again claimed that Tipperary native Michael Dwyer and two other men killed by his security forces threw bombs and fired on the armed officers before they died.