Bolivia: two men convicted for the murder of a woman buried as an offering at Pachamama

2024-03-17T08:25:58.710Z

Highlights: Bolivia: two men convicted for the murder of a woman buried as an offering at Pachamama. They had kidnapped a 25-year-old woman, who was then buried in a mine. Two other suspects, on the run in Brazil, are also wanted. Despite the convictions, the investigation is not yet complete: “ The victim is still missing, the court therefore ordered the search to continue and that all means be used to find her,” specifies Jhoel Ramos.

In Bolivia, two men were sentenced to 20 and 30 years in prison for human trafficking. They had kidnapped a 25-year-old woman, who was then buried in a mine as an offering...

Bolivia: two men convicted for the murder of a woman buried as an offering at Pachamama

In Bolivia, two men were sentenced to 20 and 30 years in prison for human trafficking.

They had kidnapped a 25-year-old woman, who was then buried in a mine as an offering to Pachamama, Mother Earth, the Andean goddess of fertility.

Two other suspects, on the run in Brazil, are also wanted.

Two men were sentenced to 20 and 30 years in prison for human trafficking after kidnapping a 25-year-old woman in La Paz.

(Illustrative image) AP - Jean-Francois Badias

By: RFI Follow

With our correspondent in La Paz

Nils Sabin

This is a case that dates back to 2021. On October 20, the victim received a call from a friend who works as a shaman in La Paz, capital of Bolivia

and who asked him to join her urgently.

It was once the two friends were reunited that the 25-year-old woman disappeared.

Jhoel Ramos, prosecutor in charge of human trafficking and smuggling cases in La Paz: “

According to the investigation, the victim was kidnapped on the evening of October 20.
On the morning of the 21st, she was transported to a community in the department of La Paz where the Choro mine is located, it is there that we lose track of her.

The victim was allegedly drugged before being transported to the mine where miners buried him as an offering to Pachamama.

On March 15, the taxi driver who helped with the transport was sentenced to 20 years in prison and the man who contacted the minors and facilitated the sale was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Despite the convictions, the investigation is not yet complete: “

The victim is still missing, the court therefore ordered the search to continue and that all means be used to find her

,” specifies Jhoel Ramos.

As for the victim's friend and her husband who also helped with the transport, they are on the run in Brazil and have arrest warrants against them.

Bolivia: two men convicted for the murder of a woman buried as an offering at Pachamama

Bolivia: two men convicted for the murder of a woman buried as an offering at Pachamama

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