Evo Morales was called to testify in a trafficking and rape case: coca growers threatened “convulsions” if he was arrested

former President evo morales it was formally Called to testify in trafficking and statutory rape case In which he is being investigated for allegedly impregnating a teenage girl while he was the head of the state.

This Tuesday morning, four police officers Smuggling Division of Special Forces to Fight Crime (Felcc) He personally delivered the notification to the Coca Federation office. A few minutes earlier he had posted a copy at the door of his house, where he had initially gone but could not find it.

“Don Juan Evo Morales has received notificationhas signed the agreement, the procedure has been complied with and a report will be prepared so that the authority knowing the case can assume knowledge of the procedure,” said Freddy Medinacelli, Felke director of Unitel channel.

The police chief explained to him At first it was “not very well received” Notification, but he received it and signed it.

He State Attorney General, Juan Llanchipareported that the commission of prosecutors investigating the case decided to summon the former president to the city of Tarija (southern Bolivia) on Thursday, October 10, to give his statement. Along with him, two other people related to the case will also have to appear.

Looking at the call, Coordinator of the six associations of Cochabamba Tropical He warned of “outcry and rebellion” over the arrest of the Coca leader. “What is about to happen in Bolivia is serious. We do not guarantee anything, we are supporting the bases, if there is any insurgency and unrest then (it) will be the responsibility of the government. We will not allow them to play, worse than imprisoning Ivo“, warned Dieter Mendoza, leader of one of the federations, quoted by Red Uno.

The leader said that “any excuse” is being found to put the chief in jail. Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) And that “corrupt” justice only wants its own imprisonment.

On the night of October 2 it became publicly known that there was an arrest warrant. against evo morales to an investigation that began in 2019 during the interim government of Jeanine Áñez in which she is accused of rape and trafficking.

According to the complaint on which it is based The former president may have had a daughter with a teenage girl in 2016When she was 16 years old and he was 57 years old. His daughter’s birth certificate was issued two years later in the city of Yaquiba, on the Argentine border, and is one of the pieces of evidence in the case.

The arrest warrant reveals this The young woman was engaged to the former president when she was at least 15 years old And under the connivance of their parents, who may have received political benefits in return.

The arrest warrant issued on October 2 was invalidated after the judge ruled An independence action in favor of MoralesThe case was later declared judicially reserved for the safety of the minor involved.

The former president’s legal team has described the case as “judicial harassment” in retaliation for the march that the Coca leader led against the government of Luis Arce in mid-September and reported that four other Proceedings were initiated. However, Neither his lawyer nor Evo Morales have denied committing a crime.

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The scandal involving the former president comes amid a crucial moment in defining his political future Controversy over party leadership and candidacy for the 2025 presidential elections, With an electoral calendar that speeds up the resolution of internal conflicts.