Bolivia Elects Interim Attorney General Who Vows to Restructure Prosecution Service

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LA PEACE, Bolivia — Bolivia’s Legislative Assembly definitively suspended State Attorney General Roger Mariaca, who remains in detention and is being investigated for his alleged protection of drug trafficking, and chose attorney José Armando Urioste on Saturday as the...

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Hours after Mariaca's arrest, the Prosecutor's Office appointed Luis Montaño, the institution's oldest official, as interim, but the Paz government ignored the appointment and announced that he would be arrested for usurping functions and obstructing

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La Paz, Oct. 3 (EFE).- On Saturday, the Bolivian Ombudsman's Office urged the legislature to select "in the shortest possible time" a new highest authority in the Public Prosecutor's Office, following the appointment of an interim attorney general in response to the arrest and dismissal of Roger Mariaca, accused of alleged protection of drug trafficking. [...] The entry The Bolivian legislature dismisses the arrested attorney general and appoint…

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Government Congress officializes exit of captured prosecutor while investigating Fernando Cerimedo, who led “bot farms” in networks in favor of right-wing candidates in the region

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The Plurinational Legislative Assembly named Urioste after the dismissal of Roger Mariaca, who faces accusations of drug trafficking and U.S. sanctions.