Son of Marco Aramayo reveals that his father was offered two million dollars to plead guilty | Hijo de Marco Aramayo revela que le ofrecieron dos millones de dólares a su padre para que se declare culpable

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Corruption

His lawyer stated that the former director of the Indigenous Fund repeatedly refused to submit to a plea bargain for a crime he did not commit.

Marco Antonio Aramayo en una imagen de archivo.

Marco Antonio Aramayo in an archive photo.

Marco Aramayo, son of Marco Antonio Aramayo Caballero, former director of the Indigenous Fund, who denounced corruption in the entity and was later accused and imprisoned, revealed that his father was offered up to two million dollars to plead guilty.

“What I remember my father telling me was that people came to his cell in prison and offered him one or two million dollars to go for a plea deal, but he never did, and the outcome is clear. He didn’t tell me the names of the people, but he did say they offered him money to plead guilty and take responsibility,” Aramayo said in an interview with Red Uno.

Regarding the arrest of former president Luis Arce in connection with the embezzlement investigation, Aramayo said, “It was a mix of feelings—sadness, joy, and longing—because I would have liked my father to be alive to see justice served.”

Marco Antonio Aramayo died in April 2022, a victim of judicial persecution that resulted in more than 200 criminal proceedings in courts across several departments of the country. His lawyer, Héctor Castellón, stated that the former Indigenous Fund director repeatedly refused to accept a plea deal for a crime he did not commit.

Sent to San Pedro

Since 2015, when he was sent to San Pedro prison under preventive detention, his life became a true ordeal. The Public Prosecutor’s Office, both ex officio and following complaints, opened dozens of legal proceedings against him, so much so that he chose to document every case, every abuse, and every violation of his rights in his diary.

“My father requested an audit of the Indigenous Fund, and the results revealed a multi-million-dollar embezzlement. All he did was submit the reports to the authorities, including Nemesia Achacollo, Evo Morales, and Luis Arce Catacora,” Aramayo said.

He also stated that his father never accepted bribes to cover up corruption: “They offered him one or two million dollars to plead guilty and take responsibility for the entire Movement for Socialism, but he never did. He preferred to die rather than sell himself or his principles.”

He noted that the family seeks impartial justice and wants the investigation to reach all those responsible for the embezzlement. “We are asking not only for Luis Arce and Nemesia Achacollo to be investigated, but from the creation of the Indigenous Fund. There are 4,400 union leaders who received money and must be held accountable.”

The former director’s family has submitted letters to the country’s president and vice president, along with his father’s posthumous books, to contribute to the investigation and ensure that his memory is not forgotten. “Now there is a sign of hope, and it is the only thing we are holding onto,” Aramayo stated.

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