Bolivia: Trial Against Jeanine Añez for 2019 Coup Begins on Monday
The former acting president of Bolivia, Jeanine Áñez in the Mujeres de Miraflores prison on 15 June 2022 in La Paz (Bolivia). Photo: EFE/Stringer
October 13, 2024 Hour: 12:48 pm
The ordinary trial against former Bolivian president Jeanine Áñez, who held office from 2019 to 2020, and suspended opposition governor Luis Fernando Camacho, will begin this Monday.
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The first hearing of the oral trial will be held tomorrow at the First Court of La Paz Anti-corruption Judgment, in person.
Both face serious accusations for their alleged involvement in the case known as “Coup d’état I.” The Prosecutor’s Office has filed charges of “terrorism, sedition, and conspiracy,” arguing that their actions played a crucial role in the political crisis that erupted in Bolivia in 2019, a period marked by significant social and political tensions.
The lawyers of Áñez and Camacho received last week the notification of the opening of the trial, in which the former civic leader of the Andean region of Potosí, Marco Pumari, and the former ministers of Government, Arturo Murillo, and Defense Fernando López, will also be tried.
The director of the prison system, Juan Carlos Limpias, reported that the officials responsible for the prisons where the accused are being held have already received instructions to leave so that they can attend the first hearing.
All the correctional facilities have already been notified by the relevant authority, and the directors of these facilities are taking the necessary steps to comply with what has been established by the competent authority, according to Limpias.
Añez is being held in Miraflores prison, located in La Paz. This prison is known to house several politicians and public figures while Governor Camacho is in pre-trial Chonchocoro maximum security prison, which is one of the most stringent prisons in the country designed for high-profile criminals.
Former leader Pumari is detained in the prison of Cantumarca, in the region of Potosí. The situation of these three figures reflects a tense political context in Bolivia, marked by accusations of corruption and social unrest.
Fuente: EFE