issue a report regarding the search and capture [of E.G.A.].132 On February 8, 2018, Sentencing
Court No. 3 issued a new arrest warrant;133 on March 5, 2018, the Public Prosecutor’s Office required
the National Director of Interpol to escalate the international notification of search, location and
detention in the system, for the purposes of extradition of the accused who was in contempt of
court.134 On July 23, 2018, Interpol Colombia informed Interpol in Bolivia that the accused in
contempt of court, was in Colombian territory, and a supplementary report was issued to begin the
process of requesting an arrest warrant for extradition purposes.135
72.
Regarding the extradition process through diplomatic channels, on April 25, 2018, the Bolivian
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (hereinafter “MFA Bolivia”) transmitted the request for international legal
cooperation and an invitation to a meeting on May 8, 2018, to the Colombian Embassy.136 In
response, on July 4, 2018, the Bolivian Embassy in Colombia reported that the International Affairs
Directorate of the Attorney General's Office of Colombia sent a letter to Interpol in order to carry out
proceedings to search for the absconded defendant.137 On March 14, 2019, the MFA Bolivia went to
the Colombian Embassy and requested a meeting, with no known response.138.
73.
On May 6, 2019, the Public Prosecutor’s Office requested Sentencing Court No. 3 issue a
provisional arrest warrant for extradition purposes, and within the framework of the Extradition
Agreement signed by the Republics of Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia and Venezuela on July 18,
1911, the extradition process begin through diplomatic channels.139 On May 20, 2019, Sentencing
Court No. 3 admitted E.G.A.'s extradition request, ordering on May 24, 2019, that the order be
communicated to the Supreme Court of Justice along with photocopies of the criminal proceedings
against E.G.A.140 In response to this, on May 29, 2019, the Supreme Court of Justice ordered the
return of the aforementioned order of May 20, 2019 and other attached documents, considering that,
according to Instruction No. 8/2017 of March 28, 2017, active extradition requests must be made
directly with the MFA Bolivia.141 Thus, on July 10, 2019, the Sentencing Court No. 3 ordered the
referral of the relevant proceedings, including the order of May 20, 2019, to the Public Prosecutor’s
Office so that the processing of the aforementioned request for extradition before the MFA Bolivia
could be made “viable”.142 On December 30, 2019, the Directorate of International Legal Affairs of
Cf. Request issued by the Prosecutor to the Departmental Commander of the Cochabamba Police on February 28,
2014 (evidence file, folio 11194).
132
Cf. Request for a new arrest warrant signed by the assigned Prosecutors on February 5, 2018 (evidence file, folio
11196), and Arrest Warrant issued by the Sentencing Court No. 3 on February 8, 2018 (evidence file, evidence, folios 11198
to 11199).
133
134
Cf. Request issued by the Prosecutor on February 28, 2018, presented on March 5, 2018 (evidence file, folio 11201),
and Publication of red notice in Interpol on March 9, 2018 (evidence file, folio 11202 to 11203).
135
Cf. Mail sent by Interpol Colombia on July 23, 2018 (evidence file, folio 11208); Report DNI-DDI-DN TRTF-607/2018,
issued by the Interpol Chief of Investigators, La Paz on July 23, 2018 (evidence file, folios 11209 to 11210), and CITE Note
No. 925/2018/ ERM signed by the Departmental Director of Interpol La Paz on July 23, 2018 (evidence file, folio 11211).
Cf. Note PGE-DESP-SPDRLE-DGDDHMA No. 224/2018 issued by the Attorney General of Bolivia on March 26, 2018
(evidence file, folios 11213 to 11215); Note GM-DGAJ-UAJI-ND-5/2018 issued by the MFA of Bolivia on April 25, 2018
(evidence file, folio 11217), and Note GMDGAJ-UAJI-Cs 797/2018 issued by the National Directorate of Legal Affairs of the
MFA, Bolivia on April 25, 2018 (evidence file, folio 11218).
136
137
Cf. Note SC Cite EB.CO.-NSC-204/2018 signed by the Ambassador of Bolivia in Colombia on July 4, 2018 (evidence
file, folio 11220), and Official Letter No. 2018170041891 signed by the Director of the Directorate of International Affairs of
the Attorney General's Office on May 30, 2018 (evidence file, folio 11221).
Cf. Official Letter signed by the Legal Affairs Directorate of the MFA of Bolivia on March 14, 2019 (evidence file, folios
11223 to 11224).
138
139
Cf. Brief presented by the Public Prosecution on May 6, 2019 (evidence file, folios 11239 to 11244).
Cf. Order issued by Court No. 3 on May 20, 2019 (evidence file, folios 11247 to 11249), and Note of transmission of
the procedural file issued by Court No. 3 on May 2, 2019 (file of evidence, folio 11250).
140
141
Cf. Order issued by Judge Semanero of the Plenary Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice on May 29, 2019, and
Note of FULL CHAMBER OF. No. 490/2019 of May 29, 2019 (evidence file, folios 11252 to 11253).
142
On October 8, 2019, the Prosecutor's Office required that the relevant proceedings be sent to the MFA of Bolivia Cf.
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