{"id":773800,"date":"2019-12-30T16:29:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T16:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/30\/bolivia-says-its-expelling-mexican-ambassador\/"},"modified":"2019-12-30T16:29:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T16:29:47","slug":"bolivia-says-its-expelling-mexican-ambassador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/30\/bolivia-says-its-expelling-mexican-ambassador\/","title":{"rendered":"Bolivia says it’s expelling Mexican ambassador"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LA PAZ \u2014 Bolivia’s interim president says her government is expelling the Mexican ambassador over an alleged attempt by members of Bolivia’s former government to leave refuge in the Mexican embassy and flee the country. <\/p>\n

Interim President Jeanine \u00c1\u00f1ez said Ambassador Mar\u00eda Teresa Mercado had been given 72 hours to leave the country. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A group of nine former officials in the government of deposed Bolivian President Evo Morales sought refuge in the Mexican embassy after Morales’ stepped down under pressure last month. <\/p>\n

The acting Bolivian government has initiated criminal charges against the officials for sedition, terrorism and electoral fraud and has refused to allow them safe passage out of the country. <\/p>\n

The Bolivian government has accused Spanish diplomats of trying to help the nine officials leave the Mexican embassy on Friday and says the Spaniards arrived at the embassy accompanied by a group of hooded men. Spain has denied the charges but the six Spanish diplomats departed Bolivia on Sunday after the Bolivian government asked them to leave. <\/p>\n