Bolivia issues warrant for Evo Morales’s arrest after court no-show
Judges said the case will stay suspended until Morales is arrested or appears, and prosecutors say the evidence includes more than 170 items.
- On Monday, a Bolivian judge held Former Bolivian President Evo Morales in contempt after he failed to appear for trial on trafficking charges, issuing an arrest warrant and ordering asset freezes.
- The hearing concerned allegations that Morales had a relationship with a 15-year-old girl in 2015, though the former president claims the charges are a "political fabrication" and "legal warfare."
- Prosecutors prepared more than 170 pieces of evidence, but Morales remains sheltered in his Chapare stronghold where supporters previously blocked roads for 24 days to prevent police access.
- Because Morales failed to appear, the court suspended the trial until he is arrested or appears voluntarily, as Attorney Nelson Cox cited insufficient security guarantees for transporting the former leader.
- Bolivian authorities are seeking evidence from the United States regarding former anti-drug chief Maximiliano Davila, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for conspiracy to import cocaine.
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Bolivia Tribunal Declares Evo Morales "Rebel" Over Trial No-Show
Key Points —The Tribunal Primero de Sentencia de Tarija declared former Bolivian president Evo Morales in rebellion on Monday May 11 after he failed to appear at the opening of his oral trial for aggravated trafficking of persons. —The court reissued an apprehension order, a national-territory arraigo, and preventive asset annotation, with the trial suspended […] The post Bolivia Tribunal Declares Evo Morales “Rebel” Over Trial No-Show appeared …
The former president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, asked on Monday for an “impartial” and “legal” trial, after having been declared in absentia by the justice of his country when he did not appear before the Departmental Court of Tarija. In the court the judicial case against him takes place for an alleged crime of human trafficking, concerning a relationship with a teenager during his presidential stage. “I do not seek impunity, I only demand an imp…
"If you touch Evo Morales, the country will convulse as you can't imagine, there will be insurgency in Bolivia's national territory," said coca growers Dieter Mendoza.
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