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Bolivia’s New Government Alleges $15 Billion MAS-Era Corruption, Launches Forensic Audits

The figure remains a preliminary estimate pending forensic verification through ongoing investigations.

Overview

  • President Rodrigo Paz pointed to a €360 million air‑space radar purchase that he says has not worked for more than a decade.
  • Paz claims investigators traced a thread of a fuel-diversion network within the Hydrocarbons Ministry, YPFB and the ANH that he links to nationwide shortages.
  • The ANH reported intercepting a tanker allegedly smuggling fuel in El Alto, with prosecutors and police dispatched to the scene.
  • Officials say an “autopsy” of state finances is underway, targeted legal complaints will follow, and economic processes will be digitized to curb impunity.
  • Former president Luis Arce disputes the corruption total and the radar cost, while prosecutors continue related cases, including a detention order for ex-COB leader Juan Carlos Huarachi.