FORMER Bolivian interim president Jeanine Anez has been sentenced to 10 years behind bars for her role in a US-backed coup that ousted leftist Evo Morales in November 2019. 

The ruling came three months after her trial began and was beset by a number of delays as Bolivians gathered outside the courtroom waiting for the verdict. 

She was found guilty of “decisions contrary to the constitution” and of “dereliction of duty.”