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Bolivian prosecutors
on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant for exiled former president Evo Morales over allegations of sedition and terrorism-related to accusations from the interim government that he has been stirring unrest since resigning.
Luis Fernando Guarachi
, the head of the Bolivian police´s Public Corruption Division confirmed to journalists in La Paz that the warrant had been issued.
Interior Minister Arturo Murillo
tweeted a picture of what appeared to be the arrest warrant, adding: “FYI Señor (Morales).”
Mexico granted asylum to Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales
Morales left Bolivia for Mexico
in mid-November after coming under intense pressure from the armed forces following a disputed election in what he has since described as a coup.
He moved to Argentina last week, just days after the inauguration of Peronist president Alberto Fernández . He was granted asylum and was on his way to “ definitive refugee status ,” the Argentine interior ministry said in a statement.
The case against him in Bolivia centers on a video obtained by Interior Minister Murillo , a member of the interim government of President Jeanine Añez . She is a former senator and opponent of Morales who stepped into the presidency in November after Morales resigned.
Murillo last month filed a criminal complaint against the former socialist leader.
In the video, a Bolivian man is shown talking to someone on a speakerphone who appears to be directing plans for road blockades . Murillo said the voice on the speakerphone was that of Morales .
Morales
responded on Twitter that authorities should be investigating the deaths of protesters instead of going after him on the basis of what he called made-up evidence.
Blocking roads is a common form of protest in Bolivia and much of South America . Blockades by Morales supporters have cut off fuel and food to some cities.
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