The former president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, has released a video that he allegedly captured in an attempt to detain him at gunpoint.
„This was an attempted arrest at the direction of the government,” said the caption of the video, which was posted on Facebook. The footage shows Morales in the car being shot at. The driver has visible blood on the back of his head.
In mid-October El Deber reported that the Tarija Department Prosecutor's Office was seeking a warrant for Morales' arrest for failing to appear for questioning in the case of corruption of minors and human trafficking. According to investigators, the parents of a 15-year-old girl introduced her to Morales for a career in the government sector. As the Bolivian Minister of Justice Cesar Siles reported earlier, as a result of a relationship with the former president, the minor became pregnant.
On October 26, Bolivia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement accusing Morales of trying to undermine the constitutional order and destabilize the situation in the country due to the blockade of highways by his supporters.< /p>
Arce was Morales' economy minister and his protégé in the October 2020 presidential election. However, disagreements later arose between the politicians, in particular over who should become the presidential candidate of the ruling Movement towards Socialism party .
Source: tass.ru