The purge continues in Bolivia. The interim government announced on Wednesday the opening of corruption investigations against former members of the executive and heads of public companies under the chairmanship of Evo Morales. "It has been decided to launch investigations against 592 former executives of the previous government," said Mathias Kutsch, director of the Anti-Corruption Unit at the Ministry of Justice. "It is a question of identifying who are the people who have committed corruption offenses, embezzled public money and transferred it abroad," he added.
The international arrest warrant against Morales activated
According to Mathias Kutsch, the procedures target "the president (Evo Morales), the vice-president (Alvaro Garcia), former ministers and vice-ministers, chiefs of staff" and officials "currently refugees abroad". In addition to the former head of state, a refugee in Argentina, many former members of the executive have taken the path of exile. A dozen of them, including the former right-hand man of Evo Morales, Juan Ramon Quintana, found refuge in the Mexican diplomatic residence in La Paz.
Meanwhile, Interior Minister Arturo Murillo announced that the Bolivian authorities have requested the activation of an "international arrest warrant" against the former president to prevent him from participating in a rights forum of man in Chile. Since December 18, Evo Morales (2006-2019) has been under an arrest warrant issued by the Bolivian prosecution, as part of an investigation for sedition and terrorism.
Mathias Kutsch said that the first findings of the corruption investigations would be made public in April. New general elections in Bolivia are scheduled for May 3.
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