The request for the declaration of rebellion Against the former president, Evo Morales will appear before the Fifth Court of Criminal Instruction of Tarija if he does not attend the precautionary hearing on Friday, the same one that was suspended this Tuesday, this was announced by the attorney general, Roger Mariaca.
“Si this person also does not argue, in a documentary and legal manner, his non-attendance, in accordance with what has been done with the other co-accused in that regard we will request rebellion in accordance with article 87 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,” Mariaca told reporters.
This Tuesday the hearing for precautionary measures was established against the former president in the city of Tarija, however, his defense presented a medical certificate alleging a condition of bronchopneumonia that prevented him from attending this call.
After an intense exchange of words between the lawyer José Luis Perez and the judge in the case, he decided to suspend the hearing until Friday, but not before instruct verification of medical certificate presented by Morales’ defense lawyers.
“His technical defense argued an alleged health problem that this defendant would have, which is that he immediately The jurisdictional authority has ordered that the IDIF can also submit a report“added the prosecutor.
Mariaca did not respond to the complaint filed by Cindy SVP as a victim of traffickingwho accused the current Government Minister Eduardo del Castillo and the Tarija prosecutor, Sandra Gutiérrez, as the perpetrators of the crime of trafficking in 2019. So far the prosecutor’s office has not issued any report on that complaint.
