A prosecutor in Bolivia launched an investigation Monday into the mysterious demise of the trustee of a bankrupt financial institution who fell from the fifteenth flooring of a constructing and his household disputed claims he took his personal life.
A number of of Bolivia’s high leaders have demanded an neutral investigation into the demise of Carlos Alberto Colodro, 63, who was appointed as trustee of Fassil Financial institution final month after the federal government took management of it amid its insolvency and a run on deposits.
Colodro, who was tasked with liquidating the financial institution, was discovered lifeless on Saturday, apparently from a fall from a constructing within the japanese metropolis of Santa Cruz.
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Though officers mentioned the demise initially regarded like a suicide, many instantly raised questions as a result of Colodro’s job because the liquidator of the financial institution had apparently touched highly effective pursuits. Fassil was the nation’s fourth largest when it comes to deposits.
“There are mentions of a fall and varied accidents that might have led to the particular person’s fall,” Roger Mariaca, a prosecutor in Santa Cruz, mentioned Monday as he introduced that the autumn was initially being investigated as “homicide-suicide.” The cost refers to an article in Bolivia’s penal code referring to the crime of pushing somebody to commit suicide.
The lawyer for Colodro’s household, Jorge Valda, mentioned there have been suspicious parts together with “a number of bruises and accidents throughout his physique” that appeared to have taken place earlier than the autumn and “the truth that he was lacking an eyeball and a testicle.”
The household additionally raised questions on a supposed suicide word that Colodro wrote, saying it wasn’t his handwriting. Authorities mentioned the supposed letter was nonetheless below evaluation.
Requested in regards to the case, Erick HolguÃn, commander of the Santa Cruz police division, mentioned Valda had not participated within the ongoing probes so he “isn’t an appropriate particular person to supply any opinions.”
Officers insisted all potentialities are at present being investigated as police say they’ve taken testimony from a number of folks.
“We can not rule out something, all hypotheses are legitimate,” Authorities Minister Eduardo del Castillo mentioned.
After the federal government took management of the financial institution, allegations emerged of supposed million-dollar loans to bancrupt people and alleged monetary connections with highly effective actual property teams in Santa Cruz.
4 former executives of Fassil are below investigation and have been remanded in custody.
“You already know they have been revealing very severe info,” mentioned Jerges Mercado, head of Bolivia’s decrease home of Congress. “Who was taken with silencing the trustee?”
Mercado was one in all a number of officers from differing political leanings who referred to as for an investigation.
“We’re deeply saddened by his passing, and we demand a immediate investigation to make clear the causes of this incident,” President Luis Arce wrote on social media.
Former President Evo Morales, Arce’s predecessor who leads the ruling Motion Towards Socialism get together, additionally referred to as for an “unbiased and clear investigation,” saying that the “relationship between the demise of the trustee and the presumed dealings and cash laundering should be cleared up.”
Former President Carlos Mesa (2003-2005) additionally mentioned in a tweet that Colodro’s demise “generates plenty of doubts … that should be cleared up.”
