Bolivian Prosecutors Issue Arrest Warrant for Ex-President Evo Morales Over Alleged Relationship with Minor

The warrant, tied to human trafficking charges, has intensified political tensions between Morales and President Luis Arce ahead of the 2025 elections.

Evo Morales, Bolivia's former president, is accused of having a relationship with a 15-year-old girl in 2015 and fathering a child with her in 2016.
Prosecutors have charged Morales with aggravated human trafficking and requested six months of preventive detention, citing risks of flight and obstruction.
Morales has denied the allegations, calling them a politically motivated 'judicial war' by his former ally, President Luis Arce, to block his 2025 presidential ambitions.
The arrest warrant, issued in October but made public this week, has faced enforcement challenges due to violent road blockades by Morales' supporters in his political stronghold of Chapare.
The case has deepened divisions within the ruling MAS party, with analysts warning of escalating political instability ahead of the upcoming elections.