Bolivia, court annulled trial against Jeanine Añez for Senkata massacre

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In Bolivia, the court of El Alto annulled the ordinary criminal trial against Jeanine Añez for the Senkata massacre, deciding that she should face a trial of responsibilities due to her status as a former president. teleSUR

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00:00In Bolivia, the court of El Alto anode the ordinary criminal trial against Yanin Añez

00:05for the Sencata massacre, deciding that she should face a trial of responsibility due

00:09to her status as a former president.

00:11The judicial decision responds to a motion of exception of incompetence filed by Añez's

00:16defense, which requested a trial of responsibility since the events of 2019 occurred while she

00:21was serving as the country's president.

00:23The government and the prosecution have stated that since she was not a constitutional president,

00:29she was not entitled to a privileged trial.

00:31However, the court declared itself incompetent to try Yanin's but clarified that the decision

00:37does not imply impunity, rather it refers to the proper courts of the process.

00:41Decision sparked protests from the victims of the Sencata massacre and led to the interruption

00:45of the hearing with victims denouncing the judges' actions and pointing out that they

00:49accepted the ordinary justice process in order to achieve the conviction of those they consider

00:54responsible for the killings.

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