{"id":1128739,"date":"2021-12-17T14:43:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T19:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128739"},"modified":"2021-12-17T14:43:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T19:43:36","slug":"family-says-conservative-ex-president-of-bolivia-beaten-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/family-says-conservative-ex-president-of-bolivia-beaten-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Says Conservative Ex-President of Bolivia Beaten in Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffamily-says-conservative-ex-president-of-bolivia-beaten-in-prison%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1128739&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\"><span>Caroline Ribera, daughter of former interim president Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez, said on Wednesday that her 54-year-old mother was \u201cattacked and beaten\u201d by a police officer while incarcerated in Miraflores Prison in La Paz.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00c1\u00f1ez was arrested in March for assuming the presidency after authoritarian socialist Evo Morales, and everyone in the line of succession above \u00c1\u00f1ez, fled the country \u2013 a constitutional requirement.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.241176470588\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Urgente?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Urgente<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AyudaParaMiMadre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AyudaParaMiMadre<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hace instantes mi madre Jeanine A\u00f1ez, fue agredida en el Penal Miraflores. Ha sido agredida y golpeada por la Teniente Duran. No nos dan informaci\u00f3n del estado de su salud. Pido ayuda a todo el pa\u00eds por la integridad de mi madre. Temo por su vida. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeanine A\u00f1ez Chavez (@JeanineAnez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeanineAnez\/status\/1471241957875744771?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 15, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201cMoments ago, my mother Jeanine A\u00f1ez was attacked in the Miraflores prison. She has been attacked and beaten by Lieutenant Duran,\u201d Ribera wrote in a tweet on Wednesday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Ribera said the prison refused to give out any information on her mother\u2019s health.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cI ask the whole country for help for the integrity of my mother. I fear for her life,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18208834\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bolivia-interim-president-jeanine-anez-prison-march-accused-of-allegedly-leading-coup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18208834\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/bolivia-interim-president-jeanine-anez-prison-march-accused-of-allegedly-leading-coup.jpg\" alt=\"AFP\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Former interim Bolivia\u2019s President Jeanine Anez (C) is escorted by police members of the Special Force against Crime (FELCC) after being arrested in La Paz, on March 13, 2021. (AFP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Ribera said Lt. Duran, who she could not identify more precisely, entered her mother\u2019s cell with a group of other men and tried to \u201cmake her sign a note.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey wanted to force her, but she refused to sign,\u201d Ribera said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to her brother, who witnessed the incident, Lt. Duran was infuriated by her mother\u2019s defiance and began to \u201ckick everything that was there\u201d before he \u201cattacked my mother\u201d and \u201cpushed her.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This alleged abuse caused \u00c1\u00f1ez to experience an arterial hypertension crisis, for which she was allegedly injected with an unknown medicine by a doctor at the prison. Ribera said \u00c1\u00f1ez is now in stable condition but worried \u201canything could happen to her.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u00c1\u00f1ez&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/12\/world\/americas\/Bolivia-Anez-arrest-warrant.html\"><span>became<\/span><\/a><span> interim president in 2019 after Morales\u2019 attempt to win an unconstitutional fourth term in office ended with the Organization of American States (OAS) revealing its observers had found evidence that Morales had committed fraud to stay in power. Violent leftists, additionally, had threatened potential opposition voters and caused chaos in the streets. Morales fled Bolivia, prompting his supporters to declare he was ousted in a coup.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11909262\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/52ee9d_deputy-senate-speaker-jeanine-anez-waves-balcony-government-quemado-palace.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11909262\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/52ee9d_deputy-senate-speaker-jeanine-anez-waves-balcony-government-quemado-palace.jpg\" alt=\"AFP\" width=\"768\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Jeanine Anez waves from the balcony of the government Quemado Palace in La Paz. (AFP Aizar RALDES)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>\u00c1\u00f1ez found herself in the presidency because Morales\u2019 vice president and other top officials stepped down after his departure, leaving her next in line. Her interim presidency lasted until Morales ally and fellow Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) member Luis Arce won the 2020 election. \u00c1\u00f1ez\u2019s mandate was to schedule a special election and she did so. She ran in that election for a short time before dropping out, dismantling accusations that she sought to become a dictator.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Anez claimed the warrant issued for her arrest on charges of \u201cterrorism,\u201d \u201ctreason,\u201d and \u201csedition\u201d in March 2021 was an act of \u201cpolitical persecution\u201d by Arce, who wanted to demonstrate his strength, subdue the opposition, and settle old scores. Several members of her cabinet have also been jailed, and a few have sought asylum in other countries. The Bolivian opposition <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/mar\/17\/bolivia-jeanine-anez-cycle-of-retribution\"><span>says<\/span><\/a><span> the courts and prosecutors are all instruments of Arce\u2019s political will.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00c1\u00f1ez was arrested and technically placed in protective pre-trial detention, but then she was charged with \u201cgenocide\u201d over the deaths of at least 20 protesters in violent leftist riots during her tenure in the presidency, and prosecutors said they would seek a 30-year prison sentence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>She <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/bolivias-ex-president-anez-alleges-abuse-in-prison\/a-56966961\"><span>posted<\/span><\/a><span> an open letter on social media in March alleging \u201cabusive\u201d behavior by police and prison officials, including the withholding of medical treatment for her hypertension. She said she did not trust the prison medical system in any event.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cI don\u2019t trust the government\u2019s doctors. They\u2019re part of the system of abuse and repression and have shown they\u2019re prepared to risk my life, injecting me with high-risk medication without precautions or previous studies, with the only aim of keeping me in their cells,\u201d she wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis is a fight for democracy, and we will keep going until the end,\u201d she vowed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00c1\u00f1ez&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/8\/23\/bolivia-jeanine-anez-stable-after-suicide-attempt-in-jail\"><span>attempted<\/span><\/a><span> to commit suicide in August due to what Ribera described as \u201csevere depression\u201d from her captivity.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The OAS&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-mexico-diplomacy-bolivia-idUSKBN2B934K\"><span>demanded<\/span><\/a><span> \u00c1\u00f1ez be released soon after she was arrested, with a dissent from Mexico, which accused the OAS of interfering in Bolivia\u2019s internal affairs and said the organization should stop \u201cmaking unilateral pronouncements in the name of all member-states.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The OAS <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-bolivia-politics-idUSKBN2B60N4\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> Bolivia\u2019s courts have \u201cbecome repressive instruments of the ruling party\u201d and warned the judiciary \u201cis not in a position to provide the minimum guarantees of fair trial, impartiality, and due process.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The U.S. State Department also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/arrest-of-bolivian-former-interim-government-officials\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span> it was \u201cdeeply concerned by growing signs of anti-democratic behavior and the politicization of the legal system in Bolivia\u201d after the arrests of \u00c1\u00f1ez and her former cabinet officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The State Department called for the release of \u00c1\u00f1ez and the other detainees \u201cpending an independent and transparent inquiry into human rights and due process concerns.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caroline Ribera, daughter of former interim president Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez, said on Wednesday that her 54-year-old mother was \u201cattacked and beaten\u201d by a police officer while incarcerated in Miraflores Prison in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1128739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1128739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1128739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1128739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1128739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1128739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}