An investigation has been opened against ex-president Evo Morales, suspected of having raped a minor during his mandate eight years ago, and with whom he allegedly had a daughter.
“We have learned, with indignation, of serious offenses which remain unpunished: I am referring in particular to a girl, a girl raped at the age of 15, 16”declared Thursday, October 3, the Minister of Justice, César Siles, to the press. “Following this rape, [la mère] gave birth to a daughter and the father, recognized in the birth certificate, [est] Mr. Evo Morales Ayma »added the minister.
On Wednesday, a Santa Cruz judge canceled an arrest warrant for Mr. Morales. This mandate, according to extracts leaked to the press, claimed that the ex-president, 64, had a relationship in 2016 with a 15-year-old girl, with whom he had a daughter. The Ministry of Justice, however, did not detail the alleged facts. Prosecutor Sandra Gutierrez, who issued this ruling, told the press on Wednesday that she had been dismissed.
Without explicitly mentioning the case, Mr. Morales reacted on : “This does not surprise me or concern me. All neoliberal governments, including the current one, have threatened, persecuted, imprisoned me and tried to kill me. »
Five legal proceedings
Mr. Morales governed the country between 2006 and 2019 and then facilitated the electoral triumph of Luis Arce, who had been his economy minister. Today in conflict, the two leaders are fighting over the leadership of the left-wing party in power and the candidacy of this formation for the presidential election in August 2025.
Mr. Morales wants to run even though the courts have forbidden him to do so and is trying, with the support of a wing of his party, to get the courts to give in.
His former interior minister, Carlos Romero, said this week that the government had launched no fewer than five legal proceedings against Mr. Morales, and that he lived under the protection of farmers in his stronghold Chapare, in the center of the country.