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Bolivian court sentences Jeanine Anez to 10 years in prison
The First Anti-Corruption Sentencing Court of La Paz found Jeanine Anez and former police and military chiefs guilty of ‘breach of duties’ and taking ‘resolutions contrary to the constitution and the law’ following the coup d’etat against then President Evo Morales in November 2019
Standing behind bars, Bolivia's former interim President Jeanine Anez speaks to an unidentified woman at a police station jailhouse, in La Paz, Bolivia, on March 13, 2021

THE First Anti-Corruption Sentencing Court of La Paz sentenced former de facto Bolivian President Jeanine Anez to 10 years in prison in the “Coup d’etat II” case on Friday June 10.

In the case, Anez stood accused of crimes of acting against the constitution and illegally assuming the presidency of the country in November 2019, following a right-wing civic-military coup that overthrew democratically elected socialist President Evo Morales.

The court found her guilty of “breach of duties” and “resolutions contrary to the constitution and the law” in her capacity as the former second vice-president of the Senate.

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