Former president Mauricio Macri. | NA
Prosecutors in Argentina on Friday opened a formal investigation into allegations that the Mauricio Macri government sent ammunition to Bolivia that was used by authorities to repress the followers of Evo Morales in 2019.
Prosecutor Carlos Navas Rial decided to open an investigation against Macri, based on a complaint from Argentina’s current ministers of justice, Martín Soria, and security, Sabina Frederic. The officials accuse the former president of ammunition smuggling, a crime that could see jail terms of between four and twelve years handed down.
Former security minister Patricia Bullrich and defence minister Oscar Aguad are also listed as defendants in the investigation. Several members of the Gendarmerie (Border Guard), the security forces who are alleged to have taken the delivery to Bolivia, are also under investigation.