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Photo: Demonstration in Fresno, California in solidarity with the Bolivian people’s struggle against the coup
Bolivian coup leader and former self-proclaimed president Jeanine Áñez was arrested on March 13 in the department of Beni. She was found hiding in a box to avoid detection from authorities. On March 15, Áñez made her first appearance in front of a judge via video. She was officially charged with sedition, terrorism and conspiracy due to her involvement in the November 2019 U.S.-backed coup to oust Bolivia’s democratically elected and first Indigenous president Evo Morales of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party. Bolivia’s Prosecutor’s Office requested six months of pretrial detention for Áñez as she poses a flight risk.