"Camacho, a prominent conservative, has been held in pretrial detention since 2022 over allegations of terrorism'. A court in Bolivia has transferred a high-profile opposition leader, Luis Fernando Camacho, to house arrest amid outcry over the length of his pretrial detention. On Wednesday, a court ruled that Camacho, the right-wing governor of the eastern department of Santa Cruz, could be returned to his home and released from preventative detention on bail, provided he submits to house arrest."
"The judicial authority has ordered the end of preventive detention against Governor Luis Fernando Camacho and has replaced it with precautionary measures, including house arrest, his lawyer, Martin Camacho, confirmed on Wednesday. The lawyer said Governor Camacho would be able to resume his political duties under the work-release terms of his bail. Camacho has been held in pretrial detention since December 2022, when he was arrested amid weeks of deadly protests led by right-wing forces frustrated with the left-wing political leadership in La Paz."
Luis Fernando Camacho, governor of Santa Cruz, was transferred from pretrial detention to house arrest and released on bail under precautionary and work-release measures. He had been detained since December 2022 on allegations related to terrorism following weeks of deadly right-wing-led protests against left-wing leadership. Bolivian judges reviewed his prolonged detention after the Supreme Court of Justice called for a review, and two judges approved replacing preventive detention with house arrest. The judicial order ends preventive detention and allows Camacho to return home and resume political duties under specified conditions ahead of a politically consequential general election.
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