### [2025-12-12](/feed/2025/12/12/index.md)

##### Corruption in Bolivia
# A Bolivian judge orders former president Luis Arce into five months of pre-trial detention in La Paz while authorities investigate alleged embezzlement linked to the diversion of public funds for projects in Indigenous communities during his tenure as economy minister under Evo Morales. 




### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/bolivia-judge-rules-ex-president-arce-be-held-pre-trial-detention-five-months-2025-12-12/)

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