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Mayor of Luribay, Bolivia jailed pending trial over alleged embezzlement of 189,000 bolivianos in municipal funds
Confidence: Corroborated · 3 sourcesLuribay · Oct 12, 2026
Subject of this story
Mario Cáceres Calle, Alcalde de Luribay
Also named
Oversight
Seventh Criminal Instruction Court of La Paz (Juzgado Séptimo de Instrucción Penal)
Fiscalía General del Estado de Bolivia
What happened
On February 17, 2025, Bolivia's Seventh Criminal Instruction Court in La Paz ordered Mario Cáceres Calle, mayor of the municipality of Luribay, held in two months' pretrial detention at Patacamaya prison on charges of peculado (embezzlement) and malversación (misappropriation of funds), over an alleged diversion of approximately 189,000 bolivianos (about $27,000) in municipal resources. Prosecutors allege the funds were used to pay a personal debt owed by Cáceres's private construction company; he had previously been jailed in 2023 for failing to pay legally required severance to four employees of that same company.
By the numbers (1)
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Mario Cáceres Calle, mayor of Luribay, was placed in preventive detention over the alleged diversion of Bs 189,000 in municipal funds.189K BOB
1 source
- El Diario (Bolivia)
Alcalde de Luribay detenido preventivamente por presunto desvío de Bs 189 mil
Sources (3)
El Diario (Bolivia)Alcalde de Luribay detenido preventivamente por presunto desvío de Bs 189 mil.
Visión 360Juez envía a la cárcel al alcalde de Luribay imputado por el presunto desfalco de Bs 180.000.
Brújula DigitalAlcalde de Luribay es detenido preventivamente por presunto desvío de Bs 189 mil.
Response
Mario Cáceres Calle
No response by publication
Contacted — no response by publication.
What happened next (0)
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