Bolivia probes alleged Morales affair with minor

The Bolivian justice ministry has filed a criminal complaint against former president Evo Morales for statutory rape and human trafficking.

This comes after photographs were published in national media of the 60-year-old ex-leader with a young woman who was reportedly a minor at the time.

The leftist leader stepped down following large protests contesting last year’s election results, and a right-wing interim government took charge.

Mr Morales has been accused of a range of offences.

An alleged relationship between Mr Morales and a 19-year-old woman identified only as N.M began when she was a minor.

Deputy Minister Guido Melgar told a press conference on Thursday that photos taken from a mobile phone belonging to one of the woman’s relatives show her while on trips with Mr Morales.

Bolivian law stipulates for rape between two and six years in prison, and human trafficking with 15 years.