“It’s an absolute scandal”: the first words of Jeanine Áñez after her arrest in Bolivia

Former interim president of Bolivia Jeanine Áñez She was transferred this Saturday from the Special Force against Crime (Felcc) to the La Paz prosecutor’s office to give her testimony.

The former interim president She was taken this morning to Felcc cells and then transferred to a police van at the La Paz prosecutor’s office. to make his informative statement as part of the investigative process into the alleged “coup” in 2019 against Evo Morales.

At the time of the transfer, the president described his apprehension as “downright crushed“And told the media it was a”political intimidationAnd that behind this whole process is the Movement for Socialism (MAS), the party of President Luis Arce and former President Morales (2006-2019).

Áñez said he would go to International organizations from their “former president status“And pointed out that she followed a”constitutional succession“.

Meanwhile, the former interim government ministers of Áñez de Justicia, Álvaro Coímbra, and Álvaro Guzmán, of Energy, continue in Felcc’s offices.

Former transitional minister Coimbra told reporters when he was taken to an office in Felcc that it was a “political process”.

“It’s a legal aberration what they do to me“Coimbra said on his return to Felcc cells.

Áñez was transferred at dawn this Saturday in a Hercules plane of the Bolivian Air Force from Amazonia Beni to the city of La Paz under heavy police guard..

For his part, the Minister of the Government (Interior), Eduardo del Castillo, indicated that “political persecution” is not carried out, as denounced by the Bolivian opposition, and described Áñez as “a former senator”.

Former President Evo Morales indicated through his social networks that “for justice and truth for the 36 victims“, The wounded and the inmates”illegally” in the “RebellionThe case is under investigation.

“That the perpetrators and accomplices of the dictatorship that plundered the economy and attacked life and democracy in Bolivia be investigated and punished,” Morales said.

Áñez and the two apprehended former acting ministers are charged with the alleged crimes of “terrorism, seditionDuring the 2019 crisis after the failed elections which led to the resignation of Evo Morales from the presidency.

There are also arrest warrants against former transitional government minister Arturo Murillo, defense, Luis Fernando López and former police commanders.

(With information from EFE)

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