Jeanine Áñez’s daughter denounces wanting to kill her mother

The daughter of Jeanine Áñez, former interim president of Bolivia, denounced this Saturday wanting to kill her mother, demanded to see the results of the medical examinations which are carried out and to be informed of her state of health.

“They are risking my mother’s life. What they want is to kill her and this is the despair I have as a daughter. I just want to know that she is okay, because physically she looks very bad. I want to see the results of all the medical evaluations they do, let me know what they’re doing, tell me how they’re doing, ”said Carolina Ribera.

Áñez is in custody accused of carrying out a coup against Evo Morales, who was dismissed from his post in November 2019, amid accusations of fraud and a deep political crisis.

Ten days ago, a judge extended Áñez’s pre-trial detention for six months, just over a week after the former president ended five months in detention.

In a video made public on her networks, the daughter of the former president warned that they do not communicate the results of clinical examinations to you.

He gave as an example of the mismanagement towards his mother, detained since March, that this Friday they had to transfer her to the German clinic for examinations, but it was decided take him elsewhere without warning his relatives.

“It breaks my soul to see my mother suffer so much. They took her elsewhere, without telling me that I am her daughter, without giving us any information“said Ribera.

Áñez was arrested on March 13 in Trinidad, capital of the department of Beni, then transferred to the city of La Paz, where, two days later, she was imprisoned at the Women’s Orientation Center of Obrajes (COF ). On March 20, she was taken to Miraflores Prison for her health problems, where she is now locked up.

Initially, four months of preventive detention were ordered against him for the alleged crimes of terrorism, sedition and conspiracy, but later the measure was extended to six months, and charges of resolutions contrary to the Constitution and laws, and breach of duty were added.

On Wednesday, the former senator was taken to Thorax Hospital, where she underwent a test which concluded that she was suffering from hypertension and anxiety depressive syndrome.

With information from Telam

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