根据玻利维亚国家通讯社ABI的报道,玻利维亚当局周四表示,在总检察长罗杰·马里亚卡被捕后,一个隐藏在司法系统内的犯罪组织被捣毁。马里亚卡被指控在检察官办公室内领导了一个为毒品走私提供保护的犯罪集团。
Bolivian authorities said Thursday that a group was dismantled within the justice system after the arrest of Attorney General Roger Mariaca, who is accused of leading a criminal organization within the Public Prosecutor's Office that protected drug trafficking, according to state news agency ABI.
“一个潜伏在司法系统和检察官办公室内部的犯罪组织已被捣毁,”政府部长马科·安东尼奥·奥维耶多对记者们表示。
“An organization has been dismantled that was embedded in the justice system and the Public Prosecutor's Office,” Government Minister Marco Antonio Oviedo told reporters.
奥维耶多称,该组织据称由马里亚卡负责领导,其目的是“鼓励和庇护国内的毒品恐怖主义活动”。根据检察官办公室的消息,马里亚卡于周三在玻利维亚东部的圣克鲁斯-德拉谢拉省维鲁维鲁国际机场被捕;该办公室最初谴责这次逮捕行为是非法的,并表示不清楚逮捕他的具体原因。
Oviedo said the organization was allegedly headed by Mariaca and was “destined to encourage and protect narcoterrorism in the country.”Mariaca was detained Wednesday at Viru Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, in eastern Bolivia, according to the Public Prosecutor's Office, which initially denounced the arrest as illegal and said it did not know the reasons for his detention.
苏克雷省的一名检察官在直播中称马里亚卡的被捕属于“绑架行为”,而检察官办公室也报告称警方对其位于首都的办公室进行了突袭。
A prosecutor in Sucre described Mariaca's detention as a “kidnapping” during a live broadcast, while the Public Prosecutor's Office also reported a police intervention at its headquarters in the constitutional capital.
政府表示,在这次与涉嫌犯罪组织有关的警方行动中,共有14人被逮捕。
The government said 14 people were detained during a police operation linked to the alleged criminal organization.
马里亚卡的被捕发生在美国撤销他及其他拉丁美洲官员签证的两天后;美国指控他滥用职权,涉嫌索要并收受贿赂以协助毒品走私活动以及帮助暴力犯罪分子逃避法律制裁。
Mariaca's detention came two days after the US revoked his visa along with those of other Latin American officials, accusing him of corruption and links to narcotrafficking.
美国国务院指责马里亚卡滥用职权,称他通过行贿受贿来为毒品走私提供便利,并帮助暴力犯罪分子逃避法律制裁。马里亚卡则否认这些指控,认为这是政治压力,并表示将继续在其管辖范围内展开调查。
The US State Department accused Mariaca of abusing his position by allegedly soliciting and accepting bribes to facilitate narcotrafficking and help violent criminals evade justice. Mariaca rejected the US accusations as political pressure and said he would continue investigations under his office's jurisdiction.
阿根廷前总统哈维尔·米莱的前顾问塞里梅多,因涉及其前伴侣娜迪亚·贝勒的谋杀未遂案,目前也被玻利维亚当局采取预防性拘留措施(即被暂时关押)。
Cerimedo, a former adviser to Argentine President Javier Milei, has been held in preventive detention in Bolivia in a case involving the alleged attempted femicide of his former partner, Nadia Beller.
这些进展发生在人们对玻利维亚司法系统日益关注的时刻,同时该国政府也在加大力度调查国家机构内部涉嫌的腐败行为以及与毒品贩运的关联。
The developments come amid growing scrutiny of Bolivia's justice system and government efforts to investigate alleged corruption and links to drug trafficking within state institutions.