Añez, who came to power via coup after November 10th, 2019 must respond to accusations of crimes of terrorism and conspiracy in the “Coup d’état I” case.

The process also seeks to offer justice and reparation to the victims of the Senkata and Sacaba massacres, in which 38 Bolivians, demanding the return of deposed president Evo Morales and respect for democracy and the country’s institutions, lost their lives.

The former Ministers of Justice, Álvaro Coimbra, and Energy, Rodrigo Guzmán, are also included in the case as defendants.

“The procedural risks of flight and obstruction persist, it is appropriate to maintain this extreme measure,” explained Jorge Nina, lawyer for the complainant and former deputy Lidia Patty at the conclusion of the hearing on Wednesday in which Áñez requested the cessation of her preventive detention.

After Patty’s complaint was presented, Áñez was apprehended in March 2021 in Trinidad and sent to jail. Her process was opened for the crimes of terrorism, sedition and conspiracy.

Áñez remains in the Miraflores prison, in the city of La Paz, and faces a 10-year sentence for the “Coup d’état II” case, related to how she became president of the Senate in a session and managed to seize power without quorum and without being part of the majority.

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