An Indian politician in Bolivia has been sentenced to an unusual punishment for pleading guilty to drunken-driving.

Felix Patzi, who is Aymara, was ordered to make 1,000 adobe bricks by his Indian community. He had made 300 bricks as of Tuesday, the Associated Press reported.

Patzi withdrew his candidacy for governor of La Paz at the request of President Evo Morales, who is also Aymara.

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Bolivian candidate sentenced to make adobe bricks (AP 2/9)