A Judge Orders that Former President Luis Arce Be Transferred to a Hospital for Cancer.
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La Paz, Sep 16 (EFE).- A judge on Wednesday ordered the immediate transfer of former President Luis Arce (2020-2025) to a specialized cancer center to receive "appropriate treatment" for the cancer he suffers, while he is being held in pre-trial detention since December for a case in which he is accused of corruption.The decision responds to [...] The entry A judge orders to transfer former President Luis Arce to a hospital for the cancer he suf…
Once discharged from medical care, Arce must return to the San Pedro penitentiary in La Paz to continue his pretrial detention since December.
La Paz, Sep 16 (EFE).- A Bolivian judge ordered that former President of Bolivia Luis Arce (2020-2025), pre-trially detained since December 2025 for an alleged corruption case, be placed in a hospital to receive "appropriate treatment" for a type of cancer he suffers.
Former President Luis Arce left San Pedro prison in La Paz on Wednesday afternoon and was transferred to the Arco Iris Hospital for specialized medical care, pursuant to a court order. The decision was issued by the 15th Judge of Criminal, Anti-Corruption and Violence against Women of Santa Cruz, Carlos Alberto Moreira, who granted an action for release filed in favor of the ex-mandator and ordered his placement in a specialized centre.
The decision granted after an action of freedom provides for his specialized medical internment while the defense warns of the lack of control of the disease he suffers from since 2017.
The Bolivian government questions a ruling ordering the transfer of former president Luis Arce to a hospital for medical care. The entry Government questions the hospital transfer of Luis Arce was first published in La Patria Bolivia Digital newspaper.
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