Bolivias Morales investigated for rape of a minor: minister [Video]

Former president Evo Morales, who has locked horns with Bolivia’s current leader, is under investigation for allegedly raping a teenage girl when he was in power, the country’s justice minister said Thursday.

The teen gave birth to a baby girl after the incident, which took place eight years ago, Cesar Siles said.

“We have observed with indignation serious crimes that seek to go unpunished. I am referring specifically to a girl, a girl raped at the age of 15, 16,” the minister told a press conference.

“The father recognized on the birth certificate” of the child is the 64-year-old Morales, he said, adding: “This is under investigation.”

Morales, who served from 2006 to 2019, is mired in a scandal that erupted this week when a prosecutor said she was fired for seeking his arrest as part of a probe into human trafficking that involved a minor.

The paperwork seeking his …