“It has rendered the previous ruling ineffective and has ordered the Fourth Sentencing El Alto Court to proceed with the oral and contradictory hearing within 24 hours,” lawyer Jorge Nina told Radio Éxito.

The new ruling comes as a response to a release petition forwarded by the Plurinational Victim Assistance Service of the Ministry of Justice, after the Fourth Sentencing Court, also in El Alto, assessed the prosecution’s verdict.

According to the new ruling “responsibilities for the crimes committed in Senkata on November 19, 2019 shall be “individualized”.

The former de facto President (2019-2020) Jeanine Añez and 17 other former authorities who came to power in the aftermath of the coup d’état of November 10, 2019, were charged with “genocide, homicide and serious and light injuries,” provided for and punished by articles 138, 251 and 271 of the Bolivian Penal Code.

The prosecution described the trial as an “unprecedented process” seeking to revive memories, truth and justice for the many victims of serious human rights violations.

It further ratified its firm commitment to justice, swiftness, transparency, the principle of non-repetition and the desire that there is no impunity. Ied/omr/arc/jpm