Fernando Cerimedo, an Argentine political consultant who advised President Javier Milei's campaign, was detained at Santa Cruz de la Sierra airport on August 19, 2026, over an armed attack on his ex-girlfriend Nadia Beller. By August 21, Bolivian prosecutors opened a second investigation into alleged illicit enrichment by Cerimedo.
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The political consultant was arrested as part of an investigation into the shooting of his former partner, Bolivian activist Nadia Beller La entrada Former Milei advisor Fernando Cerimedo detained in Bolivia over armed attack se publicó primero en Buenos Aires Herald .
Bolivian police detained Argentine political consultant Fernando Cerimedo in the early hours of Tuesday at Viru Viru international airport in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, hours after his former partner, Bolivian lawyer Nadia Beller, was shot three times outside a hotel in the city. Cerimedo has not been formally charged and his involvement in the attack, which remains under investigation, has not been
The former Milei advisor refused to testify after being arrested over an armed attack on his ex-girlfriend Nadia Beller, who accused him of violence La entrada Cerimedo accused of ‘attempted femicide’ after shooting in Bolivia se publicó primero en Buenos Aires Herald .
The lawyer said Beller was not in a relationship with Milei’s former advisor and planned the shooting to harm Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz La entrada Cerimedo’s attorney accuses Nadia Beller of staging a ‘self-inflicted attack’ se publicó primero en Buenos Aires Herald .
Prosecutors in La Paz have opened an investigation on their own initiative into alleged illicit enrichment by Argentine political consultant Fernando Cerimedo, who was charged this week in Santa Cruz with attempted femicide following the shooting of his former partner, lawyer Nadia Beller.