Evo Morales was formally charged with abuse of a minor under 15 years of age

The Prosecutor’s Office Bolivia presented a formal accusation for the former president Evo Morales and reactivated an arrest warrant. Since September, he has been investigated by the crime of aggravated human trafficking in the context of a case of alleged abuse of a 15-year-old young man when he was still at the head of the Executive Branch in 2016.

Morales was accused of having committed the crimes of human trafficking and statutory rape with a minor with whom he supposedly had a child. Furthermore, the process indicates that the The victim’s parents “profited” from her by giving her to the former president in exchange for “favors.”

10 days have passed since he was notified of the request for his statement and after the former president did not appear, the prosecutor in charge of the investigation, Sandra Gutierrezresolved: “It is appropriate to present a formal accusation.”

Furthermore, upon reactivation of the arrest warrant, a judge must “schedule a day for a hearing on precautionary measures” and decide whether to approve the request or not.

This Monday, the police began their return to the area of Chapare, headquarters of the coca unions where Morales has been since the moment of the accusations and where there were protests and blockades to support it. In addition, there are up to three safety cords to protect it.

Evo Morales’ response after the accusations against him

In this framework, the former president pointed out Luis Arcecurrent president, and assured that this is a case of persecution and attempted political proscription ahead of the 2025 elections. “It is a black plan to eliminate me politically and physically to remove me from the electoral race,” he said.

At the moment he did not speak about the formal accusation or the arrest order for the case of alleged abuse of a minor who became pregnant.

The minor’s parents are also involved in the case. The mother has an arrest warrant while the father is the only one arrested in the case.

“Today the formal accusation was presented for the crime of human trafficking. There is and has been arrest warrant for these two people because they failed to comply by not showing up on the day they were summoned“explained prosecutor Gutiérrez.

“There is nothing political here. Mr. Morales impregnated a 15-year-old minor in 2016who gave birth to a girl,” the prosecutor said Monday. At the same time, he stressed that the aggravating factor is that “Morales was president of the country at that time.”