Bolivia — Crime News in English
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- Threats against President Paz's family referred to Bolivia's Public Prosecutor's Office
- Police officer detained in Oruro for assaulting pregnant ex-partner aged 34
- Organised crime threatens President Paz and Vice-Minister García in Bolivia
- Mayor of Santa Cruz intervenes in 'Los Cachis', zone where stolen goods are sold
- New Tarija prosecutor was defence lawyer for father of alleged Evo Morales victim
- Two Brazilian citizens killed by hitmen in Valle Sánchez, Warnes
- Murder trial of dentist from Jujuy in Tarija set for January 2027
- President Paz warns that his family receives threats for combating organised crime in Bolivia
- Bolivian President denounces organised crime threats against his family
- Senator Condori detained for six months: defence claims evidence consists only of social media links
- Theft at La Paz Gastroenterology Institute affects CT scanner operation
- Bolivian Police expels 50 members of PCC and CV and announces reinforced border plan
- Double murder in Potosí: 9-year-old boy and 15-year-old teenager stabbed to death
- 43 high-end vehicles seized in Santa Cruz in former prosecutor Mariaca case
- Murder trial of Jujeño Miguel Coria in Tarija set for January 2027
- 9-year-old boy and 15-year-old teenager stabbed to death in Llallagua, Potosí
- Former La Paz prosecutor Luis Carlos Torrez enters San Pedro prison
- 19-year-old with photos of PCC weapons sent to Palmasola for shooting adolescent
- Two car dealerships raided in Santa Cruz over money laundering linked to organised crime
- Mariaca case: FELCN seizes 43 vehicles and UN alerts to criminal infiltration in Bolivian justice system
- Rome Case: 43 high-end vehicles seized in Santa Cruz, operations continue
- UN warns of international cartels using Bolivia as operational hub
- UN: Bolivia became operations centre for international drug cartels
- Ex La Paz prosecutor held on remand for drug trafficking linked to Mariaca case
- UN: Bolivia has become a hub for international drug cartel operations
- Former fiscal Luis Carlos Torrez sent to six-month preventive detention at San Pedro
- Man sentenced to 30 years in prison for murder and rape in Oruro
- UN: Bolivia has become an operations centre for foreign drug cartels
- Bolivia becomes operations hub for international drug cartels, says UN
- UN: Bolivia is hub for international drug cartels, warns Unodc
- 19-year-old confesses links to PCC and three contract killings; sentenced to six months in Palmasola
- Man arrested in La Paz for impersonating police officer to rob foreign tourists
- Detained for 180 days over violent land seizures in Las Londras, northern Santa Cruz
- Operation "Plan Alto Impacto Los Pozos" yields 34 arrests in Santa Cruz
- Bolivia seeks regional "shield" against organised crime through neighbouring presidential summits
- Colombian gang robs money changer in Cochabamba: three arrested and two fugitives at large
- Reopening of Santa Cruz workshop where Johan Guzmán was murdered; Colombian in preventive detention
- Toyota stolen in Buenos Aires recovered by police in Challapata, Oruro
- 126 deaths in Potosí mines: Prosecutor investigates manslaughter
- Fake police officer arrested in La Paz for extorting foreign tourists with fraudulent credentials
- Former departmental prosecutor of La Paz charged with drug trafficking and organised crime
- Former La Paz Prosecutor's Office Coordinator Remanded to Custody on Drug Trafficking Charges
- Luxury safe over one metre tall found empty in apartment raided in Santa Cruz
- PCC member arrested in Santa Cruz after shooting teenager
- Sidacta case: Bolivia paid 191 million euros for non-functioning radar systems
- Imperio jewellery store owner: "We were robbed of much more" than what police recovered in Santa Cruz
- Former prosecutor Israel Rojas sent six months to Oruro prison for trafficking and organised crime
- Kidnapping in Cochabamba coordinated from El Abra prison: four arrested
- Three robbers detained in Santa Cruz with weapons, Bs 13,300 and four motorcycles
- Three Brazilians arrested in jewellery robbery at Santa Cruz shopping centre; fourth suspect remains at large
- Deputy denounces Mariaca over vote-buying in attorney-general election
- Detention of Mariaca exposes alleged payments and deals in his election as attorney general
- Five detained over jewellery store robbery in Santa Cruz; weapons and jewels found in Warnes
- Johan Guzmán murder uncovers weapons cache and safe in Santa Cruz condominium
- 18-year-old found strangled in Puerto Villarroel; prosecution opens murder investigation
- Former BCB manager charged over Bicentenary banknotes: loss exceeds $us 359,000
- Foreign national detained over fatal shooting of young man in Santa Cruz
- Pavement case in Santa Cruz: Sergio Luna to pay Bs 50,000 and released
- Vote-buying alleged in selection of prosecutor Mariaca in 2024
- Johan Guzmán shot dead in mechanic's workshop at the Zoo, Santa Cruz