A Bolivian judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of former president Evo Morales after he failed to appear in court over a case alleging that he sexually abused a minor. Morales, 65, is alleged to have had a child with a teenage girl in 2016 – a sexual relationship that would have constituted statutory rape under Bolivian law.

A judge in Bolivia ordered the arrest of the country’s former President Evo Morales over his alleged abuse of a teenage girl while he was in office. On Friday, the judge in the southern city of Tarija called for Morales’ arrest after Bolivia’s first Indigenous president skipped a hearing on his pre-trial detention for a second time.

A Bolivian judge on Friday ordered the arrest of the country's former leader Evo Morales over his alleged relationship with a 15-year-old girl while in office, with whom prosecutors say he fathered a child.

Video. Bolivian police used tear gas and detained two supporters of former President Evo Morales on Monday after they marched in La Paz, without their leader, against the country's economic crisis and in support of the former leader.