The attorney general of BoliviaJuan Lanchipa, announced this Monday that he had summoned the former president and leader of the ruling party, Evo Morales (2006-2019), to testify on a case of Alleged “trafficking of minors” and “rape”what needs to be done on Thursday in the Tarija region
“The summons of the three people involved in this case have been set, including Mr. Evo Morales, and the victim’s parents for Thursday, October 10 at the Tarija County Prosecutor’s Office,” Lanchipa said in statements to local media.
Morales was also reported by Justice Minister César Siles as being involved in an investigation by the possible “rape” of a minor, with whom he would have had a child and for having created a network of young people between 14 and 15 years old at his disposal during his presidency, which he called “Generation Evo”.
The complaint Siles is referring to also states that Alleged victim’s parents ‘took advantage’ of her giving it to the former president in exchange for favors.
Last Wednesday, Tarija County Prosecutor Sandra Gutiérrez announced that she had been fired from her position by the Attorney General for wanting to carry out a arrest warrant against Evo Morales and revealed the case of “human trafficking” which concerns him. But this arrest warrant against the former president was stopped by a Santa Cruz judge.
However, a judge ordered Gutiérrez reinstated in office, and Lanchipa confirmed that day that prosecutor Gutiérrez had been reinstated.
Morales says the accusations are part of a “political persecution” against him to prevent him from running as a presidential candidate in the 2025 elections.
“#Lawfare is the new Condor Plan: They no longer kill by bullets, they now promote moral murders by condemning popular leaders. They simultaneously launched four legal proceedings against us, all with forced actions to obtain our arrest,” Morales wrote this Monday on the social network X.
He Puebla Groupa political and academic forum composed of representatives of the Latin American political left, expressed its concern about the so-called “legalization campaign” due to the trial opened against the former Bolivian president.
“Despite all the mediation efforts carried out by a group of Puebla Group colleagues between former President Evo Morales and President Luis Arce, their legitimate disputes now appear to be transferred to the judicial courts,” Puebla Group said in a statement.
“Just like Lula and Cristina (Fernández), they will seek to prohibit our participation in the next electoral processes to pave the way for right-wing governments. Just like with his brother Rafael Correa, this action is a betrayal,” Morales said.
The investigation and charges come amid a long battle between Morales and President Luis Arce for control of the ruling party. Movement towards socialism (MAS) and the Bolivian Executive.
The human trafficking complaint was filed on September 26, three days later Moralsafter a 187-kilometer march through the Bolivian highlands, issued an ultimatum to Arce, saying that “if he wants to continue governing” he will have to fire his ministers, which the government called an attempted “coup d’état”. ‘State”. “
