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Clara Espinoza

Leaked Audio Puts Bolivia's First Lady at the Center of a Corruption Complaint

Bolivian Vice-President Edmand Lara speaks during a conference at the headquarters of Bolivia's vice-presidency in La Paz on June 3, 2026. (Credit: Photo by Marvin RECINOS / AFP via Getty Images)

Bolivia's political crisis around jailed Argentine consultant Fernando Cerimedo escalated this week when Vice President Edmand Lara's legal team named President Rodrigo Paz's wife as a criminal suspect for the first time, filing a complaint that pulls the country's first lady directly into a corruption case that already includes fuel smuggling, a gold-trafficking probe and suspected cover for cocaine flights.

A leaked recording lands on the prosecutor's desk

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