Havana, January 5 (Prensa Latina) The operation being pursued in Bolivia against the governor of the province of Santa Cruz, Luis Fernando Camacho, is the center of a campaign of disinformation and false narratives, the embassy of that country has denounced here.
A memorandum circulated by that diplomatic headquarters indicates that Camacho’s arrest on December 28 was carried out in accordance with the order issued by the La Paz Public Prosecutor’s Office in October 2022 in the framework of the case named “Coup 1”.
Remember, the process began in December 2020 and that from October 2021 to the same month in 2022, the official dodged summons on at least four occasions to appear to testify about the process, of which he was fully aware.
The memorandum adds that in light of his repeated failure to attend the summons, the Public Prosecution Office, in line with the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, issued an arrest warrant for him to make a statement, which is why Camacho was transferred to La Paz. Where the criminal process takes place, the right to remain silent is accepted.
The text explains that on November 30, the eighth Provisional Criminal Investigating Judge ordered Camacho’s four-month preventive detention, which he must spend in the Chonchokuro prison located in La Paz.
The note confirms that since the beginning of the operation all constitutional guarantees have been preserved and that in the Bolivian capital both the family and the doctors caring for the detainee participated in the medical meeting held on December 31.
The text of the Diplomatic Headquarters considers the crimes committed against facilities and the safety of public officials in the city of Santa Cruz after the arrest of Luis Fernando Camacho as a serious interference with the independence of the judiciary.
Among other facts, he mentioned the kidnapping and torture of a lawyer from the National Tax Service, the damage to the building of the District Attorney General’s Office, the Courts of Justice and the residence of the Minister of Public Works and the permanent assaults on the National Police.
In this regard, the memorandum referred to “the need for the independence of the judiciary not to be affected by external acts that impede its work.”
He also points out that the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ Multidisciplinary Panel of Independent Experts ordered an investigation into all the events that took place from September to December 2019, and this is the international obligation that Bolivian justice now has.
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