Amauris Samartino, yang tiba di Bolivia pada 2000, ditahan pada akhir Desember atas tuduhan melanggar undang-undang Bolivia yang melarang warga asing mencampuri urusan dalam negeri negara tersebut.
Amauris Samartino, who arrived in Bolivia in 2000, was detained in late December on charges he violated a Bolivian law prohibiting foreign nationals from interfering in Bolivia's internal affairs.