Former Bolivian president Evo Morales is entangled in a judicial scandal for the alleged “rape” of a minor when he was in power, and with whom he would have had a daughteras reported by the government of his former minister and adversary Luis Arce.
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On Wednesday, the prosecutor of the department of Tarija Sandra Gutiérrez revealed that she was dismissed, after ordering the arrest of the 64-year-old indigenous leader, for the alleged crime of human trafficking.
The court, according to the prosecution itself, annulled the arrest warrant.
In the arrest resolution against Morales – whose sections were leaked to the press – it is indicated that in 2016 the then president became involved with a 15-year-old minor with whom he had a daughter.
This Thursday, Justice Minister César Siles revealed that In reality, Morales – whose term extended from 2006 to 2019 – is being investigated for rape.
“We have observed with indignation serious crimes that are intended to go unpunished: I am referring specifically to a girl, a girl raped at 15, at 16 years old,” the official said at a press conference.
According to Siles, “as a result of that rape (the mother) gave birth to another girl and the father recognized on a birth certificate, (is) Mr. Evo Morales Ayma.”
“There is an open process” that “is under investigation,” added the minister.
Without referring to the file, Morales published earlier on his account on They won’t shut me up!”
Morales governed Bolivia between 2006 and 2019 and He promoted the electoral victory of his successor Luis Arce, who was his Minister of Economy for more than a decade.
Both leaders broke up and today they dispute the leadership of the ruling party and the presidential nomination for the 2025 general elections.
‘Negligent conduct’
Prosecutor Gutiérrez was investigating Morales based on a complaint that was filed last week based on a police intelligence report.
According to your version, She was dismissed by the head of the public ministry, Juan Lanchipa, after a judge from the department of Santa Cruz annulled the arrest warrant against Morales.
“I have not resigned, but I received the thank-you memorandum and it was signed (…) by Mr. Lanchipa,” Gutiérrez told the press.
This Thursday, Lanchipa reported that it dismissed Gutiérrez for “negligent conduct,” but that “at no time did it give any instructions” to paralyze the process against Morales.
No judicial authority has ruled on the future of the investigations against Evo Morales after the annulment of his arrest.
‘Under guard’
Given the commotion caused by the statement of prosecutor Gutiérrez, Morales’ followers said their leader is sheltered somewhere in the coca-growing region of Chapare, in central Bolivia, at the risk of being captured.
“Brothers and sisters from the Tropics (Chapare) have mobilized clandestinely, they have become the vigilantes, the bodyguards, the protectors of the life of Evo Morales,” said his former minister and lawyer Carlos Romero in a statement to the media.
According to the spokesperson, The government has activated at least five proceedings against Morales.
The indigenous leader, without giving clues about his whereabouts, wrote: “I will continue fighting alongside our people, alongside my sisters and brothers who never abandoned me.”
Until before Wednesday, neither the prosecutor’s office, the government nor the former president himself had reported on the investigation revealed by the dismissed prosecutor of Tarija.
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