The Argentine government granted diplomatic asylum to Cindy Sarai Vargas Pozo (26 years) His mother Idelsa Pozo Saavedra (59 years) since August 22, according to an official report from the Foreign Ministry of the neighboring country. The child, 9 years old and Cindy’s daughter, is also in that condition.
The victim of former President Evo Morales, who is investigated in the case for an alleged trafficking of persons aggravated by the Departmental Prosecutor’s Office of Tarija, went to the Argentine authorities to request international protection within the framework of the 1951 Geneva Convention on the Statute of the Refugees and the General Law of Recognition and Protection of the Refugee No. 26.165.
“Recognize Cindy Sarai Vargas Pozo and Idelsa Pozo Saavedra, both of Bolivian nationality, born on 11/11/1999 and on 01/23/1966, respectively, and who said to be and be called Eliza SSV, of Bolivian nationality to have been born on 02/08/2016, the condition of refugees, in the terms of Law No. 26.165,” The National Refugee Commission (CONARE).
Likewise, the report mentions that Cindy made asylum on January 16 and that of his mother and the child were on January 22 of this year.
The Foreign Ministry of Argentina responded to a request for information from the Apollo Foundation that is a complainant of the case of corruption of minors in which Evo Morales is involved. “Without a doubt, Cindy’s testimony would help establish a profile of the accused. On the other hand, I think it is a political problem for the current Bolivia government because the reasons for the diplomatic refuge are related to a persecution that would be illegal, about her and her family, by the government of Luis Arce, for not wanting to denounce Evo Morales to protect her daughter,” said José Lucas Magioncalda, lawyer of the Apollo Foundation.
In Tarija, the Departmental Prosecutor of Tarija, Sandra Gutiérrez Sand excused on the subject as long as he did not have an official documentation of the asylum granted by the Government of Argentina.
Gutiérrez said that requirements were made in some issues included in the letters (application) to establish his veracity, considering that he did not reach the Public Ministry, since he became aware of them through the statements of a deputy previously.
In mid -August, the legislator of CC, Luciana Campero, had revealed the refuge requests made by the victim of Morales and her mother before the Argentine authorities.
