Jeanine Áñez was transferred to another prison: “They took me out saying I was going to the clinic”

Former interim president of Bolivia Jeanine Áñez She was transferred this Saturday morning from Obrajes prison to Miraflores prison. “They took me away telling me that I was going to the southern clinic», Picked up the local newspaper The reason, who also shared footage of the former president as he entered Miraflores prison.

The authorities did not explain this transfer between prisons, which comes after a court in La Paz on Friday afternoon requested transfer to a dispensary in Añez due to his state of health, but that request was eventually revoked by the attorney general hours later.

She left the Obrajes Women’s Orientation Center to 1:10 am and she was put in a truck, while people holding vigils expressed their support: “Force Jeanine, we are with you“.

About 15 minutes later, he entered Miraflores prison. “They took me away telling me that I was going to the southern clinic“Said the former head of state before entering the prison.

Bolivia’s Attorney General’s Office paralyzed La Paz court decision to transfer the former president to a health clinic this Friday to be treated for her hypertension.

The court made the decision after a liberty appeal filed by his defense, however, The Bolivian prosecutor’s office appealed against the decision and requested that the medical assessment of Añez be arranged by staff from the Institute of Forensic Investigations (IDIF)., depending on the prosecution, or specialist doctors from a public hospital transferred to prison to assess their state of health.

<< In view of the report of the director of the COF de Obrajes on the date and the medical reports attached to it, it is expected that by the staff of the specialized IDIF and / or the specialized medical staff of a public hospital the COF de Obrajes is set up to check the state of health of the accused ", the court decision maintains and"renders the judicial exit document null and void“, As collected The reason.

Áñez was in bed due to decompensation from the high blood pressure he has. The prison authorities had assured that the state of health of the former president was “stable” and therefore rejected the request for transfer to a medical center.

Áñez’s daughter, Carolina Ribera, described as “ridiculous”This new resolution and declared that it is an abuse that has no limits. “It seems to me that they want to see my mother dead, they have no will for nothingI brought a cardiologist, but they won’t let him in either. I am very outraged and I know that my mother has another crisis ”, denounced Ribera as he perceived it. The duty.

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