Bolivian Prosecutor's Office Orders Evo Morales' Arrest over May June Protests Blockades
Prosecutors say Morales backed the protests that cut off food, fuel and medicine, causing more than $3 billion in losses, officials said.
- On Wednesday, the Santa Cruz departmental prosecutor's office issued an arrest order for former President Evo Morales over his alleged role in road blockades and protests that paralyzed parts of Bolivia for 53 days in May and June.
- Demonstrations between May and June caused severe shortages of food, fuel, and medical oxygen, resulting in at least 16 deaths and economic losses exceeding $3 billion as protestors demanded President Rodrigo Paz's resignation.
- Prosecutor Brayan Melgar's court order investigates Morales for alleged "armed uprising," "terrorism," and criminal conspiracy, based on a complaint filed by civic leaders and endorsed by Interior Minister Marco Antonio Oviedo.
- The former president remains in his Chapare stronghold, protected by supporters to avoid a separate arrest warrant concerning human trafficking allegations while police await the right moment to execute these legal actions.
- Rejecting the accusations as "political persecution," Morales claims the government is attempting to divert public attention from Bolivia's worst economic crisis in decades, which sparked the initial grievances.
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informacion.esFormer President Evo Morales is carrying on his back a second arrest warrant. The Santa Cruz Prosecutor’s Office ordered his arrest for his responsibility in the social outburst that for 53 days remeshed Bolivia. The May and June protests over the effects of the economic crisis led to the paralysing of the roads and the shortage, with economic losses that the Rodrigo Paz government attributes to those who promoted the measures of force. Continue…
Whoever was the first indigenous president of Bolivia now also has a cause open of course terrorism and armed uprising
Santa Cruz. The prosecution of the Bolivian department of Santa Cruz issued an arrest warrant against former President Evo Morales and others on charges related to terrorism, armed uprising against State security and more crimes in the framework of protests and blockades of anti-government roads, which paralyzed the Andean country for more than 50 days in May and June.
The ex-mandator denounces political persecution and accuses the government of seeking "to divert attention" for a crisis "which they themselves have provoked"
After weeks of street blockades, the judiciary accuses the former head of state Morales of armed insurrection and terrorism. Morales himself speaks of politically motivated accusations.
Bolivia Orders Evo Morales Arrest Over Road Blockades
A Bolivian prosecutor issued an arrest order against former president Evo Morales on July 29, 2026, over the 53-day road blockades by his supporters that caused shortages of food, fuel, and medicine. The charges include armed insurrection and terrorism. The post Bolivia Orders Evo Morales Arrest Over Road Blockades appeared first on The Rio Times.
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