Bolivian ex-president Anez convicted of orchestrating coup, gets 10-yr sentence

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

June 10, 2022
10:20 PM EDT
Last Updated 7 hours ago

Bolivian ex-president Anez convicted of orchestrating coup, gets 10-yr sentence

By Daniel Ramos and Brendan O'boyle

LA PAZ, June 10 (Reuters) - A Bolivian court found former President Jeanine Anez guilty on Friday of orchestrating a coup that brought her to power during a 2019 political crisis.

She was sentenced to 10 years in prison. An former military commander and ex-police general were also convicted.

Anez, 54, was convicted of making "decisions contrary to the constitution" and of "dereliction of duty."

The prosecution said Anez, then a right-wing senator, violated norms that guarantee the constitutional and democratic order after Bolivia's 2019 presidential elections.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bolivian-court-finds-ex-president-anez-guilty-coup-2022-06-11/

Alternate link: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jun/11/bolivian-ex-president-jeanine-anez-jailed-as-leader-of-coup

[Judi Lynn]

1. Great news. She's a deadly racist hate-monger, a puppet of the wealthy fascist white minority.

She should pay Bolivians back for all the lives she destroyed during her massacre, and all the indigenous citizens she tormented and tortured during her vicious, short (and way too long) time squatting in the President's office.

Thank you.