The former interim president of Bolivia, Jeanine Áñez, was released after a court suspended the precautionary measures against her.
The decision includes twelve other defendants in the Senkata case and refers the process to the Plurinational Legislative Assembly, which is responsible for trials of accountability against former presidents.
Court declares itself incompetent
Judge David Kasa reported that the personal and real precautionary measures are rendered ineffective, ordering the issuance of release warrants for both those detained in penitentiary facilities and those under house arrest.
The resolution is based on the declaration of incompetence by the Fourth Sentencing Court of El Alto, which claimed it was impossible to try the case in ordinary jurisdiction. The magistrate emphasized that keeping the accused in pretrial detention violated essential rights established in the Constitution and in international treaties.
