La Paz, BOLIVIA (AP) 鈥� A Bolivian judge on Friday issued a warrant for the arrest of former President Evo Morales after he failed to appear in court over a case .
Morales, 65, is alleged to have had a child with a teenage girl in 2016 鈥� a sexual relationship that would have constituted statutory rape under Bolivian law.
鈥淭here's been a warrant ordered for his search and arrest,鈥� said Judge Nelson Rocabado after a hearing in the southern region of Tarija, where the alleged victim lives.
Morales has denied the allegations and claimed he was a 鈥渧ictim鈥� to legal warfare carried out by his ally-turned-political-rival President Luis Arce, and refused to appear in court.
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