00:00This chapter has been added to the scandal rocking the Bolivian government and affecting other right-wing leaders in Latin
00:06America.
00:07The prosecutor's office is investigating Fernando Cerimedo for alleged trafficking in controlled substances and concealment of drug trafficking.
00:14According to prosecutor Alexander Mendoza, the new case points to an alleged protection network for illegal flights in the municipality
00:21of Santa Ana in the Department of Beni,
00:24an area in the northeast Bolivia historically linked to regional drug trafficking.
00:28Authorities are investigating the Argentine national currently in custody in Bolivia and individuals in his circle who allegedly facilitated under
00:38the pretext of installing tracking devices
00:40allowed small planes loaded with drugs to fly unchecked over the country.
00:45The government of Rodrigo Paz, who was advised by the now detained individual and who has prosecuted the indigenous patient
00:52movement by accusing them of drug trafficking,
00:55simply rejects the accusations without conducting an independent investigation.
