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Evo Morales Sentenced to Contempt After Skipping Child-Trafficking Trial.

5/11/2026

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A Bolivian judge sentenced former President Evo Morales to contempt on Monday after he missed his child-trafficking trial.
Morales was charged with fathering a child with a 16-year-old teenager in 2016 while in office.
Thousands of his supporters protested the investigation across Bolivia.
Morales posted on X that he is the target of a legal warfare and that the charges are fabricated.

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A Bolivian judge sentenced former President Evo Morales to contempt on Monday after he missed his child-trafficking trial.
Morales was charged with fathering a child with a 16-year-old teenager in 2016 while in office.
Thousands of his supporters protested the investigation across Bolivia.
Morales posted on X that he is the target of a legal warfare and that the charges are fabricated.