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Bolivia’s attorney general has launched an investigation into former president Evo Morales, accusing him and his vice-president Álvaro García Linera of involvement in the 2009 killings and torture of Europeans during a police raid in Santa Cruz. The incident resulted in three deaths and two survivors who were reportedly tortured after their arrest. Acting attorney general José Armando Urioste initiated this inquiry based on complaints from right-wing lawmakers, alleging crimes including murder, abuse, torture, and unlawful detention. Morales denies the charges against him and is currently in hiding due to multiple warrants issued by Bolivian authorities.

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Bolivia’s attorney general has initiated an investigation into former president Evo Morales and his former vice-president Álvaro García Linera, alleging their involvement in the 2009 murders of three European citizens: Eduardo Rózsa Flores, Michael Dwyer, and Árpád Magyarosi. The incident occurred during a police raid on a hotel in Santa Cruz where these individuals were staying. Two others survived but reported being tortured after their arrest. At the time, the Morales administration claimed that Rózsa Flores was leading efforts to promote separatism with funding from Santa Cruz’s right-wing economic elite. The new investigation follows a complaint filed by rightwing lawmakers and is based on evidence of murder, abuse, torture, and unlawful detention.

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Bolivia’s attorney general has announced an investigation into leftist former president Evo Morales, alleging his involvement in the murder and torture of European citizens in 2009. asserted

general → announce → 2009

Seventeen years ago, police raided a hotel in the city of Santa Cruz, shooting dead Eduardo Rózsa Flores, a Bolivian-Croatian, Michael Dwyer, an Irishman, and Árpád Magyarosi, a Hungarian-Romanian. asserted

police → raid → Flores

Bolivian-Croatian citizen Mario Tadic and Elöd Tóásó from Hungary survived and reported being tortured after their arrest. asserted

Tadic → survive → arrest

The Morales administration in power at the time claimed that Rózsa Flores was leading efforts to promote a separatist movement, with funding from the rightwing economic elite of Santa Cruz. asserted

Flores → claim → Cruz

Acting attorney general José Armando Urioste announced the preliminary investigation into Morales just one week into the job on Monday. asserted

Urioste → act → Monday

In a letter to the supreme court, Urioste said authorities were gathering evidence against Morales and his former vice-president Álvaro García Linera “for the alleged commission of the crimes of murder, abuse, torture and unlawful detention”. asserted

authorities → say → murder

The investigation comes after a complaint filed by rightwing lawmakers Tomasa Yarhui and Rodrigo Antonio. asserted

investigation → come → lawmakers

When the raid occurred, Morales told the press during an official visit to Venezuela that he had ordered the detention of the foreigners, whom he called “mercenaries”. asserted

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Family members and victims brought the case before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which concluded in 2021 that the government had violated human rights. asserted

government → bring → rights

Neither of the accused has commented on the latest inquiry. asserted

Neither → accuse → inquiry

Morales, the first-ever Indigenous person to lead Bolivia, is currently in hiding from two active arrest warrants against him. asserted

Morales → lead → him

One relates to his alleged role in massive protests that paralysed the country for 53 days earlier this year. asserted

that → relate → days

The other accuses him of trafficking a minor with whom he is said to have had a daughter. asserted

he → accuse → daughter

Morales denies the allegations. asserted

Morales → deny → allegations

Bolivia investigates ex-president Evo Morales over alleged ties to 2009 killings

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