Adviser to Bolivia’s Paz, Argentina’s Milei Detained over Attack on Analyst
Prosecutors say Cerimedo is a suspect in the attack and will seek 6 months of pretrial detention as Beller remains in serious condition.
- On Monday night, lawyer Nadia Beller was shot three times at a hotel in the Canal Isuto area of Santa Cruz de la Sierra. She remains in serious condition following the attack.
- Early Tuesday, authorities detained political consultant Fernando Cerimedo at Viru Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz as he prepared to board a flight to Buenos Aires.
- Investigators consider Cerimedo a main suspect, exploring a potential romantic conflict with Beller as a leading hypothesis. Santa Cruz Police Commander David Gomez told reporters authorities are "determining whether he had any involvement" in the shooting.
- Initial reports indicate attackers arrived disguised as food delivery drivers before fleeing on a motorcycle. Cerimedo, a digital strategist for President Javier Milei, has faced scrutiny in Brazil over alleged involvement in campaigns for Jair Bolsonaro.
- As a leading figure behind Derecha Diario and head of the firm Numen, Cerimedo played a key role in developing right-wing movements across Latin America, helping build digital networks for Libertad Avanza.
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A Bolivian court decided to postpone to Friday the precautionary hearing to define the legal situation of Argentine Fernando Cerimedo.
Milei Advisor Fernando Cerimedo Arrested on Suspicion of Ordering Ex-Partner’s Assassination
Fernando Cerimedo, personal advisor to Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz and co-founder of La Derecha Diario with Javier Negre, has been detained at the Santa Cruz de la Sierra airport as he attempted to board an Aerolíneas Argentinas flight to Buenos Aires. Authorities linked him to an assassination attempt on his ex-partner, lawyer Nadia Beller, who...
Bolivian activist and lawyer Nadia Beller accuses him of being the intellectual author of the assassination attempt he survived. Cerimedo has actively intervened in Ibero-America as a promoter of the so-called "blue wave", the rise of right-wing politicians to power. More information: Adorni, Chief of Staff of Milei, resigns after months of scandals for corruption and illicit enrichment
Argentine co-founder of ‘La Derecho Diario’ was denounced by ex-partner for ‘planning an attack against him’. Learn about the case.
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