Article 5FENN Cycle of retribution takes Bolivia's ex-president from palace to prison cell

Cycle of retribution takes Bolivia's ex-president from palace to prison cell

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Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent
from World news | The Guardian on (#5FENN)

Jeanine Anez's government once sought to jail the country's former leader Evo Morales for terrorism and sedition - now she faces the same charges

It was November 2019, just days after Evo Morales had abandoned Bolivia's presidency and fled into exile, and the country's newly installed interior minister was making no effort to hide his glee.

Any terrorist should spend the rest of their life in prison," Arturo Murillo gloated during an interview in his recently occupied chambers, vowing to put the runaway leftist behind bars for the next 30 years.

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