Bolivia Arrests Attorney General Targeted by United States
Police arrested 14 people, including Attorney General Roger Mariaca, and seized 3.53 million bolivianos tied to alleged extortion and drug trafficking.
- On Thursday, Bolivian police arrested Bolivian Attorney General Roger Mariaca and 13 others accused of protecting drug traffickers, days after the Trump administration imposed visa restrictions on the attorney general over corruption allegations.
- President Rodrigo Paz took office last November, ending nearly two decades of Movement Toward Socialism party dominance under former President Evo Morales, and has since deepened security cooperation with Washington.
- Interior Minister Marco Antonio Oviedo alleged authorities found 3.53 million bolivianos and $10,000 in an ambulance leaving Mariaca's Santa Cruz home, claiming the attorney general had protected Uruguayan drug kingpin Sebasti Marset in 2023.
- Secretary State Marco Rubio hailed the arrests as "bold and decisive actions" to combat corruption, citing The State Department's Shield of the Americas alliance supporting conservative governments fighting organized crime.
- Two other prosecutors targeted by this week's broader U.S. visa sanctions were also detained, as Washington continues using travel bans to pressure officials across South America whose actions conflict with its priorities.
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The Trump administration had imposed visa restrictions on the Attorney General and several senior officials on allegations of corruption
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Roger Mariaca detained days after US revoked visa for alleged links to drug trafficking
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Bolivia arrests top prosecutor and 13 others accused by US of protecting drug traffickers
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Bolivian police arrested the country’s top prosecutor and 13 others accused of protecting drug traffickers, the government said Thursday, days after the Trump administration imposed visa restrictions on the attorney general and several senior officials…
Bolivian government accuses prosecutor Roger Mariaca and nine other members of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of integrating a ‘narcostructure’ that protected organized crime leaders
Attorney General Roger Mariaca is suspected of money laundering and drug trafficking. The United States had previously accused several people.
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