Evo Morales

Evo Morales, who served as President of Bolivia from 2006 to 2019, has faced several significant legal controversies and allegations throughout his career. In 2019, Morales resigned amid widespread protests and allegations of electoral fraud following his bid for a fourth term, which international election monitors later deemed to have clear manipulations. Currently, Morales faces criminal charges for human trafficking. Prosecutors allege he engaged in a relationship with a 15-year-old girl in 2015, with whom he allegedly fathered a child in 2016. Authorities claim the girl's parents facilitated the relationship to secure political benefits. Morales has denied these allegations, characterizing them as political persecution by his successor, Luis Arce. In May 2026, a Bolivian judge declared Morales in contempt of court and issued an arrest warrant after he failed to appear for his trial on these trafficking charges. The court also ordered his assets frozen and imposed a travel ban. Morales’s legal team has argued the case is politically motivated and noted that a similar investigation into statutory rape allegations was dismissed in 2020 for lack of evidence.