LA PAZ🌳, Bolivia — Prosecutors in Bolivia’s capital issued an arrest warrant against ousted President Evo Moraleꦓs on Wednesday, accusing him of sedition and terrorism.
In🦄terior Minister Arturo Murillo recently brought charges against Morales, alleging he promoted violent clashes that led to 35 deaths during disturbances before and after he left office.
Off𒐪icials say he ordered supporters to blockade cities in order to force the ouster of interim President Jeanine Áñez, who took over when Morales resigned on Nov. 10 after a wave of protests and under pr🍃essure from the police and military.
Morales, who first flew to Mexico🎃 and now is based in Argentina, has repeatedly denied the charges as a setup.
Morales said Tuesday that he wouldℱ campaign for the presidential candidate of his party in elections expected within the next several months, though a 𒁏date has not been set. The candidate from Morales’ Movement Toward Socialism party is yet to be chosen, and the former president cannot run in the new elections.
Bolivia’s first indigenous president has descri⛎bed the movement that p𒐪ressured him to leave as a coup d’état.
Critics of the long-ruling leader had accused him of using fraud to win a fourth straight term in office in an Oct. 20 vote, An audit by the Organization of American States-backed up the allegations, saying it found evidence of vote-rigg🦂ing.
Morales retains a str🅘ong following in Bolivia and has an ally in the government of Argentine President Alberto Fernández, who took office two days before the former Bolivian leader arrived in the country.
Bolivia’s interim government has expressed concern that Morales could use Buenos Aires as a🌳 campaign headquarters and might plot his return home.