US EditionBolivia’s Supreme Court issues rare order that could see detained right-wing politicians freed
- Bolivia's Supreme Court ordered judges on August 22, 2025, to urgently review the detention of three right-wing leaders held too long without trials in La Paz.
- The review was initiated in connection with events following the 2019 resignation of former President Evo Morales after a presidential election that ended two decades of leftist governance.
- The detained leaders include former interim President Jeanine Añez, former governor Luis Fernando Camacho, and Camacho's running mate Marco Antonio Pumari, who face charges such as terrorism and insurrection.
- Pumari condemned his pretrial detention as an example of corrupt justice benefiting a network of judges and lawyers on social media, while Añez emphasized that the court’s decision should be seen not as a victory but as a form of redress, asserting it is a deserved right rather than a favor.
- Experts say the order may open the way for their release, but critics warn Bolivia's judiciary is politicized and not an impartial arbiter amid ongoing political tensions.
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Bolivia: After the electoral defeat of the Movement to Socialism (MAS), the Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) of Bolivia ordered on Friday the immediate review of the judicial processes that keep former President Jeanine Áñez and political prisoners Luis Fernando Camacho and Marco Antonio Pumari imprisoned. The measure, which must be applied by the departmental courts within a maximum period of 24 hours, seeks to verify whether the pretrial detenti…
This measure could open the possibility for the respective judges to consider the release of Áñez, Camacho and Marco Antonio Pumari, in case they find that the legal periods of pretrial detention have been exceeded.
Bolivia: Supreme Court orders review of pretrial detentions of Jeanine Áñez and Luis Fernando Camacho | Supreme Court of Bolivia
The beneficiaries are former interim president Jeanine Áñez and opponents Luis Fernando Camacho and Marco Pumari, convicted at the behest of Evo Morales and his successor, Luis Arce
The pronouncement arises after learning of the instruction made by President TSJ, Romer Saucedo, that the compliance of the personal precautionary measure and pre-trial detention of Jeanine Áñez, Fernando Camacho and Marco Antonio Pumari should be verified.
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