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Bolivian instrumentality enforcement officials connected Wednesday (December 10, 2025) arrested erstwhile Presidenas portion of a corruption investigation, the country's Vice-President said connected societal media, opening an uncertain section successful Bolivia's authorities a period aft the inauguration of blimpish President Rodrigo Paz ended 20 years of socialist rule.
In a video posted to TikTok, Vice-President Edman Lara congratulated constabulary forces for detaining Mr. Arce, who near bureau conscionable implicit a period ago. He said Arce was arrested connected alleged embezzlement charges, without giving further information. A spokesperson for Lara confirmed to The Associated Press that the vice president posted the connection connected his authoritative account.
Mr. Arce's erstwhile justness minister, Maria Nela Prada, said the corruption charges seemed to stem from Arce's stint arsenic system curate successful the authorities of his erstwhile state and predecessor, erstwhile person Evo Morales.
The laminitis of Bolivia's long-dominant Movement Toward Socialism party, oregon MAS, Morales became the country's archetypal Indigenous president successful 2006 and governed for 14 years earlier his 2019 ouster successful the aftermath of wide protests implicit his disputed re-election to a 4th term.
Addressing his hundreds of thousands of followers connected Wednesday, Lara vowed that Arce would beryllium the archetypal of galore targets arsenic the caller authorities seeks accountability for alleged corruption astatine the highest levels.
"Those who person stolen from this state volition instrumentality each past cent," Lara said, ending his video by wishing "death to the corrupt."
