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The Public Ministry charged the governor of La Paz, Santos Quispe, with two crimes and requested his preventive detention for three months, while investigations into the case are carried out.
“The preliminary investigation presents a resolution of formal imputation with the apprehended (…). Legal basis and provisional classification of the criminal type: improper use of public goods and services and obstruction of justice,” reads the resolution of formal imputation 03/ 2022, against the departmental authority of La Paz.
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The Governor was caught early Thursday morning in an apparent drunken state inside his office, where several cans of beer and other people accompanying the authority were found.
In addition to the formal accusation, the Prosecutor’s Office requests that the Governor be detained preventively while the investigation of the case lasts.
The indictment document specifies that they seek to take statements from witnesses, including the driver of the Governor’s Office who allegedly witnessed everything that happened.
In addition, it was announced to carry out a computer expertise of the recordings of the security cameras of the Government and to extract an extract of the telephone calls in the period in which the events occurred for which the authority was taken to the offices of the Felcc.
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With the incident related to alcoholic beverages in his office, the governor of La Paz added his third trial.
In June 2021, Quispe was denounced by Assemblyman Leopoldo Chui, from Jallalla, for having crashed an official vehicle with his driver, when they were allegedly drunk.
In December, they sued him for appointing a notary who supposedly did not meet the requirements to hold the position. For this reason he is accused of resolutions contrary to the Constitution and laws, illegal appointments and breach of duties.
Now the third process weighs against him, for improper use of public goods and services and obstruction of justice. In his defense, Quispe blamed the “right” for setting up the case and “implanting” the black bags with the beer cans.
