Overview
- The Supreme Court annulled the 2022 sentence after finding due‑process violations and ruling the ordinary criminal courts were not the proper forum.
- The decision passed by a 7–2 vote and ordered the La Paz penal execution judge to issue an immediate release mandate once other detentions were excluded.
- Jeanine Áñez left Miraflores women’s prison on November 6 after more than four years in custody.
- The court shifted potential accountability to the legislature, and related investigations over the 2019 violence, including the Senkata and Sacaba cases, remain in play via the responsibilities process.
- Opposition leaders welcomed the ruling as a correction in the justice system, while victims’ groups and prosecutors signaled plans to seek congressional authorization for a responsibilities trial.