The Bolivian authorities denied him his passport after being released from prison, and it was only thanks to the Hungarian foreign ministry that he was given travel documents, he said. When asked about his reasons for going to Bolivia, Tóásó said he chose to travel to the country out of a thirst for adventure.

Tóásó said he was offered a job in Bolivia as a web designer, and he was there to prepare a film shoot, adding that he had no other reason for traveling there. There remain, however, a number of unanswered questions in the case, he said, adding that he hoped the truth would one day be uncovered.

The Baptist Charity had been following Tóásó’s case for six years, Szenczy said. The head of the Baptist Charity added that a statement given by the prosecutor in charge of his case -- according to which the guns found in the 2009 raid against Tóásó and his group originated from the Bolivian police -- cast further doubt on Tóásó’s guilt.

Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó confirmed earlier that the ministry had provided a temporary passport for Tóásó, and that the Hungarian- Romanian citizen received the same consular help as all Hungarians do when they get in trouble anywhere in the world.

Tóásó was part of the group arrested by Bolivia’s special forces in 2009 on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack.

Bolivian-Hungarian Eduardo Rózsa-Flores, an ethnic Hungarian from Romania Árpád Magyarosi and Michael Dwyer, an Irishman, died in the police raid.

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