Overview
- Luis Arce was transferred under police escort to San Pedro prison in La Paz to begin serving the preventive detention order.
- The measure was issued by anti-corruption judge Mario Helmer Laura after a hearing of more than six hours that concluded he could hinder the investigation despite presenting local ties.
- Prosecutors imputed Arce for alleged incumplimiento de deberes and conducta antieconómica tied to Fondioc, alleging more than 3,500 projects were financed with fewer than half completed and transfers to personal accounts occurred.
- The court allowed medical exit permits and directed penitentiary authorities to keep Arce in a separate area to protect his physical integrity.
- Arce declared himself absolutely innocent and called the case political persecution by President Rodrigo Paz’s government, while Paz said those who “robbed” the country will have to serve their penalties.