Fernando Cerimedo Arrested in Bolivia Over Girlfriend Shooting Plot Against Nadia Beller, 42-Year-Old Adviser Denies Role
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Updated · The Guardian · Aug 19
Fernando Cerimedo Arrested in Bolivia Over Girlfriend Shooting Plot Against Nadia Beller, 42-Year-Old Adviser Denies Role
2 articles · Updated · The Guardian · Aug 19
Summary
Santa Cruz police arrested Fernando Cerimedo on Tuesday after he landed in Bolivia, accusing the 42-year-old political consultant of ordering Monday night’s shooting of lawyer Nadia Beller.
Surveillance footage showed two helmeted men dressed as delivery riders opening fire outside a Santa Cruz hotel; Beller survived, was hospitalized, and told police Cerimedo had lured her there with anonymous messages.
Investigators say the pair had been in a romantic relationship and recently had a personal dispute, while Cerimedo’s lawyer said he was not fleeing to Argentina and had traveled to visit Beller in hospital.
Rodrigo Paz Pereira’s office said Cerimedo was only the Bolivian president’s personal consultant, not a government official, and Paz pledged “zero interference” in the case.
Cerimedo is a prominent strategist for Latin America’s far right, having helped Javier Milei’s 2023 campaign and previously been indicted in Brazil’s Bolsonaro coup investigation, though prosecutors there did not charge him.