In a further victory for the right wing, criminal proceedings against the ex-interim leader Anez were canceled.
Published on August 30, 2025
The right Bolivian opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho was released from prison after he had spent almost three years in the pre -judicial detention for his role in unrest, which led to the fabric of 2019 of the then left Evo Morales.
When the impetus of the political law accelerated before the presidential election expiry in October, Camacho returned to a hero greeting in the eastern province of Santa Cruz after his release on Friday.
Thousands of followers waved the green and white flags of the city when he went down an avenue to the main square, where the governor’s office is located.
Camacho spoke to the supporters who had gathered: “It was an honor for almost three years to be imprisoned for the struggle of my people and for democracy.”
He then entered the governor’s office to take over from deputy governor Mario Aguilera, who was responsible for the department in his absence.
Camacho’s publication comes afterwards BoliviaThe Supreme Court issued a rare decision last week, which all judges ordered to check the legality of pre -judicial detention in the cases of three prominent rights, including Camacho.
The 46-year-old conservative lawyer and businessman was arrested in December 2022 Due to the indictment for moral, the first indigenous president of the country who had ruled since 2006, the arrest triggered nationwide protests, whereby many Bolivians dismissed the alleged coup as fictional.
Morales resigned after losing the support of the military under strike and protests in response to his controversial election to a fourth term.
Camacho led violent protests against Morales’ re -election claims.
His prison sentence was a meeting for Bolivian law, which after two decades regained the presidency, in October run.
Camacho was accommodated in him under house arrest during the investigation, but his lawyers said that this did not prevent him from working.
In addition to the ongoing investigations into the alleged coup, which the outgoing socialists led, Camacho also has three other pending cases to lead a strike, alleged public procurement irregularities and presumed irregular personnel in the governor’s office.
In the meantime, Bolivia’s Higher Court did criminal prosecution against former interim president Jeanine Anez on Friday because of her role in the murders of demonstrators from 2019 and ordered the case of Flashpoint to restart in a special procedure for alleged crimes that were committed by former heads of state.
The controversial decision was a legal victory for the opposition leader, who, after his controversial re -election, spent almost four and a half years in prison in prison in prison.
The sudden developments come only a few weeks after the general elections in Bolivia have increased the opposition for the first time in decades, and was subject to political manipulation among critics who see a judicial system.
The draining presidential election in October a centrist senator against a right former president.
