The Bolivian general accused of leading a failed coup was sent Saturday to a maximum-security prison as he faces charges of terrorism and starting an armed uprising.

�At some point the truth will be known,� a handcuffed Gen. Juan Jos� Z��iga told journalists as he was escorted by two guards to the vehicle that will take him to the Chonchocoro maximum-security prison on the outskirts of La Paz.

�The rest are innocent. The are innocent people,� he added. Two other former military chiefs, including former navy Vice Adm. Juan Arnez Salvador, were also taken to the same prison.

Z��iga, who was arrested Wednesday after the rebellion, said before being taken into custody, without providing evidence, that President Luis Arce ordered him to carry out the rebellion � something that the Bolivian leader and his government have vigorously denied.

Arce told the AP on Friday that Z��iga planned to �take over� the government and become president, and he denied once again that Wednesday�s attack on the government palace was a �self-coup� designed to garner him political points.

Authorities have arrested 21 people, including Z��iga, who were in custody in police facilities in La Paz. All of them face charges of armed uprising and terrorism.

Fourteen of the detainees appeared on Saturday before a judge.

Families of some of the detainees said Friday that they knew nothing of a plot, and some say that their loved ones were simply �following orders� or told they were carrying out a �military exercise.�

(AP)