Bolivia's Attorney General Detained From U.S. Links to Drug Trafficking · Global Voices
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According to the U.S. government, he is said to have received bribes to facilitate drug trafficking and help violent criminals escape justice.
"The arrest of the prosecutor is confirmed" Mariaca, a source from the Ministry of Government (Interior) said that he preferred to reserve his identity. Alberto Zeballos, prosecutor of Santa Cruz, was arrested, also sanctioned by Washington, according to the local press. Both were included this week in a list of nearly twenty officials and businessmen from Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador who were accused of corruption, links with drug trafficking …
Roger Mariaca and prosecutor Alberto Zeballos were intercepted at the airport in an operation still without official explanation of motives and responsibility.
The US had canceled his visa.
Police arrested Bolivian Attorney General Roger Mariaca on Wednesday, two days after the United States revoked his visa over alleged drug trafficking ties, a source in the government of center-right President Rodrigo Paz told AFP. "Yes, the arrest of the attorney general (Mariaca) has been confirmed," the ... More www.ertnews.gr
Bolivia: Attorney General Handcuffed - US Cancels His Visa, He Is Being Investigated for Cartel Ties
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