After being more than two days apprehended in the city of La Paz, andThe lawyer and activist Jorge Valda He arrived this Sunday in Santa Cruz de la Sierra and melted in a hug with his family and friends who expected him carrying welcome posters, in Viru Viru.
In his first statements to the media, Valda ruled out to initiate legal actions against the Government for his arrest. “We are not going to initiate legal actions against the Government, now it is time to hug our family and thank for support,” said Valda.
The lawyer was arrested on Friday, Around 7:00 in the Cruceña capital, and transferred to the government headquarters. He is investigated for the alleged coup attempt of June 26, 2024, which would have been led by Juan José Zúñiga.
“They say we had conspired to make a cabinet. If the government put it that way it is probably an omen tomorrow, but for now we are focused on defending human rights. We are going to defend ourselves with an illegal process,” said the lawyer.
The lawyer considered that he is persecuted for being a human rights lawyer. “It is the fourth time, that this government seeks to silence me, but all the processes have ended in dismissal and rejection. This will not be the exception,” he said.
Last Saturday, in a precautionary hearing, Judge Eddy Junior Flores determined to grant “pure and simple freedom” to Valda by not having demonstrated the risks of escape or hinder.
Other apprehensions
In addition to what happened with Valda, between Friday and yesterday, Marco Bracamonte, Bismarck Imaña and Mario Takana, also investigated by an alleged participation in the taking of Plaza Murillo in the month of June of last year.
The First Court of Anti -Corruption Criminal Instruction of La Paz determined to give substitute measures to Bracamonte, so it must appear every 15 days before the Public Ministry, preventive detention in the San Pedro prison of one month for Imaña and two months for Takana.
Juan Carlos Vaca, Bracamonte’s lawyer, andn a contact with the media insisted that his client is innocent in this process that is followed.
“We would have liked that freedom be pure and simple, without any imposition of measures but this was the judge’s disposition.”
In turnPaola Imaña, Bismarck Imaña lawyer, I say that the arrest of his client is “unfair” and therefore have appealed the resolution.
“My defendant is innocent and have asked for the extreme penalty for a person who is innocent,” the lawyer complemented.
Finally, the fifth arrest warrant issued within this investigation, and that was not yet executed, corresponds to the deputy of Richard Ribera (we believe), as confirmed by the Minister of Justice, César Siles.
