Bolivia Arrests Attorney General Roger Mariaca and 13 Others After US Narco Corruption Accusations
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Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 1
Bolivia Arrests Attorney General Roger Mariaca and 13 Others After US Narco Corruption Accusations
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Oct 1
Summary
Fourteen people were arrested in a late-night Bolivian operation, including Attorney General Roger Mariaca, after authorities said they dismantled a criminal organization.
Four suspects were caught trying to move bundles of cash from Mariaca’s home into an ambulance, Interior Minister Marco Antonio Oviedo said.
Monday’s U.S. accusations said Mariaca solicited and accepted drug-linked bribes and helped violent criminals evade justice; Washington also barred him, 12 other Bolivians and their families from entering the United States.
Mariaca denied the allegations and an official in his office called the arrest a kidnapping, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio backed President Rodrigo Paz’s government for taking action against narco-trafficking and corruption.