Overview
- The Supreme Court’s 7–2 ruling annulled the 2022 conviction for incumplimiento de deberes and resoluciones contrarias a la Constitución and instructed an immediate release order.
- A judge of execution in La Paz must issue the freedom mandate after confirming there are no other detention measures in force, according to the resolution.
- Magistrates said Áñez, jailed since March 2021, was improperly tried in ordinary criminal court and that any prosecution must proceed under the special procedure for high officials.
- The juicio de responsabilidades requires prior authorization by the legislature before the Supreme Court can hear the case, moving the matter into a political‑constitutional track.
- Áñez’s family and lawyers said she is expected to leave prison on Thursday and attend the presidential inauguration, while opposition figures welcomed the ruling and victims’ groups vowed to push Congress to authorize a special trial.