Crime & Justice
Bolivia opens investigation into ex-president Evo Morales over 2009 killings of Europeans
October 13, 2026 at 06:58 AM
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2 reports · 1 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 8 hours
Bolivia's acting attorney general has opened a preliminary investigation into former president Evo Morales over the 2009 killing and torture of European citizens in Santa Cruz.
- Acting attorney general José Armando Urioste announced the probe Monday, one week into his tenure, following a complaint by lawmakers Tomasa Yarhui and Rodrigo Antonio.
- Urioste told the supreme court authorities are gathering evidence against Morales and former vice-president Álvaro García Linera for alleged murder, torture and unlawful detention.
- A 2009 police raid on a Santa Cruz hotel killed Bolivian-Croatian Eduardo Rózsa Flores, Irishman Michael Dwyer and Hungarian-Romanian Árpád Magyarosi.
- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights concluded in 2021 that the government violated human rights in the case.