On Thursday, Bolivia’s Prosecutor’s Office opened another investigation against far-right Argentine political consultant Fernando Cerimedo for illicit enrichment, a case that adds to a first proceeding against him for attempted femicide.

Previously, Cerimedo was detained Tuesday at the Santa Cruz airport, hours after an armed attack carried out by unidentified assailants against his former partner, attorney Nadia Beller, who was shot at least three times but survived.

La Paz Department Prosecutor Luis Torrez said four raids were carried out at residences Cerimedo occupied in the city.

“Obviously, several documents were collected, more than half a million bolivianos (US$43,402),” as well as dollars and euros, and a mini bot farm, he said.

“We are carrying out simultaneous raids. There is a lot of information and a lot of documentation. Many people named will be summoned,” the prosecutor said.

On Wednesday, Cerimedo’s defense attorneys said the cases against him are part of a “political show” intended to destabilize President Rodrigo Paz. They cited as evidence the connection that attorney Beller had with the Movement for Socialism (MAS), led by former President Evo Morales (2006-2019).

However, Bolivian Vice President Edmand Lara himself has publicly confirmed that Cerimedo was President Paz’s personal adviser, which the Bolivian government denies in those terms.

On Tuesday, presidential spokesman Jose Galvez only acknowledged that Cerimedo was a “close collaborator” of Paz during the 2025 election campaign and that he subsequently continued collaborating on some specific communications matters, without being part of the state structure…