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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Tiago Rogero South America correspondent

Where’s Evo? Missing Morales mystery as Bolivia’s ex-president goes to ground

two men in blue shirts and face masks among a crowd bearing flags
Men wearing masks depicting the former Bolivian president Evo Morales take part in the celebrations marking the Day of the Plurinational State, in Shinaota, Bolivia, on 23 January. Photograph: Pablo Rivera/AFP/Getty Images

For more than a year, he stayed hidden in plain sight: despite an arrest warrant for human trafficking charges, former president Evo Morales moved freely in at least one region of Bolivia, attended rallies, received foreign journalists and went to the polls to cast his vote in the 2025 presidential election.

But shortly after the United States attack onVenezuela – and the detention of Nicolás Maduro – Morales disappeared from view; a month later his whereabouts remain a mystery.

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