Overview
- Police say he refused a routine inspection in the pre-boarding area, causing delays to an international flight.
- He was detained alongside another person and taken to FELCC offices in Warnes, then Santa Cruz, for investigation.
- Fiscal general Roger Mariaca said the case concerns the alleged offense of impeding police duties and that an assigned prosecutor is reviewing police reports.
- Authorities said he had no prior complaints or legal impediments to leave the country, though airport security protocols applied.
- He planned to travel to Chile en route to China, and the former Government minister who polled about 3% as the MAS presidential candidate in August was detained during intensified legal actions that recently included the preventive imprisonment of ex-president Luis Arce.