Camacho finds a spy camera in his cell and police officers sought to remove the device

“The governor Luis Fernando Camacho has just found a hidden camera inside his cell in Chonchocoro. How far does the morbidity and impunity of this government go”. It is the message that was published at 5:58 p.m. yesterday on the social networks of the Santa Cruz authority. The defense of the also leader of Creemos denounced that the privacy of the governor was violated and the Government did not rule on the fact.

Juan Carlos Camacho, lawyer for the governor of Santa Cruz, later received the complaint from his client. The detained authority told him that he found a hidden video camera in his cell. The team of legal advisers went to the Chonchocoro prison to collect the evidence.

“Yes, Luis Fernando (Camacho) says that he found the camera, it is true. What he informed us is that the camera was hidden in the wall. He destroyed the place and found the camera and now he has it in his possession, ”said the lawyer before leaving for the Chonchocoro prison.
The governor’s son, Luis Fernando Camacho Parada, also confirmed his father’s complaint. “How far does the morbidity and impunity of this government go,” questioned the relative.

The Governor of Santa Cruz he was with his wife, Fátima Jordán, when he found the camera hidden in the wall of his cell. It was the spouse who called the lawyer Martín Camacho to make the news known. Jordán told the lawyer that the police officers tried to take the device from them and offered to grant them benefits if they handed over the camera to the custodians.

“The Ministry of Government and Penitentiary Regime violates all rights to privacy and image, not only of Governor Luis Fernando Camacho, but also of his wife, relatives and lawyers. This fact also constitutes the commission of criminal acts by the authorities in charge of their custody,” said attorney Camacho.

privacy violation
“It is a serious violation of the right to privacy and a serious violation of the rights of women, taking into account his wife has the right to visit him and has been permanently in that room,” insisted Camacho, who along with others lawyers could not enter the Chonchocoro prison until last night.

The jurist said that the director of the Penitentiary Regime, Juan Carlos Limpias, and the Minister of Government, Eduardo Del Castillo, must legally answer for these “abuses.” Camacho insisted that until 7:00 p.m. yesterday the police tried to steal the camera from Jordán and Camacho.

“They are trying to take away the camera. They told them that they were going to help them and offered benefits if the complaint is not made, ”recalled lawyer Camacho at the gates of Chonchocoro.

The lawyers of the first Santa Cruz authority They don’t know since when they were recording the room of Governor Camacho, who has been in that cell for two weeks.

Luis Fernando Camacho is preventive detention in the Chonchocoro prison since December 30 from last year. The authority is accused of the so-called ‘Coup I’ case and its lawyers have requested its release through different judicial strategies.

After his imprisonment, the departmental authority rreceives visits from family members and other close friendsHis wife even spends a few nights in his cell to accompany him and monitor his state of health.

The governor’s legal defense pointed out that the spy camera seeks to intercept communications authority with their lawyers. Camacho assured that the communications that his defendant has with his family or his lawyers is a private matter, so the next step, he said, will be to bring the case to the attention of the international community, since “justice does not respond to requests.” related to the Privacy Protection Action filed by the defense.

“Luis Fernando Camacho You have restricted your right to locomotion and not to privacythis is a terrible violation, a terrible abuse of the Government and it is a sample of what it is capable of doing to undermine the dignity of the governor and to make him ridiculous, “said the lawyer.

Meanwhile, the Creemos bench in the Plurinational Legislative Assembly denounced that its leader suffers “espionage in the best style of dictatorships” and announced that they will carry out an “international crusade” in the following days to make this “abuse” known.

“We denounce to the international community that Governor Luis Fernando Camacho found a hidden video camera in his Chonchocoro prison cell. The Government of Luis Arce, through the Penitentiary Regime, violates the ‘human right to privacy’.

Article 11 of the American Convention establishes: ‘No one may be the object of arbitrary or abusive interference in their private life‘. This despicable espionage demonstrates the oppressive and inhumane methods against Governor Camacho, a political prisoner of the Bolivian government,” says the statement issued yesterday by the Creemos bench.

For his part, Senator Félix Ajpi, of the Movimiento Al Socialismo (MAS), considered that the Penitentiary Regime directorate should investigate this situation and verify if it is true.
On the subject, the political scientist José Orlando Peralta considered that this finding in the governor’s cell is a violation of Camacho’s privacy and said that the Government intends to “mistreat” morally or physically his political opponents.

“The hidden camera in the cell of (Luis Fernando) Camacho It is one more unquestionable indicator that the Plurinational State systematically violates the rights of its citizens. Due to the political circumstances and the political weight of those who have been the object of violation of their rights, the fact is a scandal that reveals the real intentions of the national government: not to do justice -speech for the masses and believed-, yes to physically and morally mistreat to their opponents, declared enemies,” said Peralta.

Deputy Alberto Astorga, from the ranks of the Citizen Community (CC), criticized the way in which the Government operates – he said through the Penitentiary Regime – about the situation of Governor Camacho. The legislator stated that it must be investigated who placed the spy camera and who ordered that action in the governor’s cell.

“It is one more fact that demonstrates the violation of the fundamental rights of a person. This is a violation of Governor Camacho’s privacy and it should be investigated, hopefully it will be done, who authorized the placement of that camera and why. This unfortunate fact still occurs when the mission of the IACHR (Inter-American Commission on Human Rights) is in the country and this should be denounced so that they are aware of this arbitrariness”, questioned Astorga.

Yesterday an attempt was made to find out the version of the Penitentiary Regime; however, this means of communication was not successful.

frustrated attempt
Hours before Camacho and his wife found the spy camera, the lieutenant governor of Santa Cruz, Mario Aguilera, tried to visit the governor in the Chonchocoro prison, but was prevented. The second departmental authority He tried, on two occasions, to meet personally with Camacho, but on both occasions he was denied entry.

“Due communications were taken, the transfer from the place to his room to see if it was possible for him to receive us. So we will be there as soon as possible to talk with the governor”, affirmed Lieutenant Governor Aguilera.

The authority stressed that Yesterday, Thursday, was visiting day and that is why he went in the morning and they told him that, for health reasons, Camacho could not receive visitors. So he returned in the afternoon, assuming that he was already in his regular room and not where he receives his medical treatment, but he was not allowed in either. Aguilera affirmed that on Saturday she will try again to visit Camacho.

However, yesterday the legal adviser of the Santa Cruz Governor’s Office, Efraín Suárez, came to visit Camacho, who said that the governor was in good health.