Bolivia's former interim president Jeanine Anez is escorted by police after being arrested in La Paz, on March 13, 2021 AFP/AIZAR RALDESLA PAZ: Former Bolivia president Jeanine Anez on Friday submitted a request to be released from pre-trial detention on health grounds.
Lawyers for Anez asked the court in La Paz to release the conservative politician to a clinic for treatment, according to a document sent to AFP.Anez has been held in the women's prison in La Paz since Sunday.She was arrested on Saturday on charges of terrorism, sedition and conspiracy alongside her former justice and energy ministers.
"The Bolivian judicial system is not in a position to provide the minimum guarantees of a fair trial," the office of OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro said in a statement. Anez came to power in November 2019 after Morales and several senior MAS allies resigned following weeks of protest at his controversial reelection to an unconstitutional fourth term.