A high-ranking Bolivian National Police official is jailed in Florida on charges of attempting to extort thousands of dollars from a prominent Bolivian businessman.
An FBI complaint says Mario Fabricio Ormachea Aliaga offered last month to get Bolivian charges dropped for the businessman in exchange for USD 30,000. The businessman is Humberto Roca. He is the former owner of Bolivia's AeroSur airline.
Roca fled to the US to avoid Bolivian charges alleging he provided tickets to what authorities called anti-government foreign mercenaries.
Roca had contacted the FBI after learning that Ormachea Aliaga was traveling to Miami to meet with him. Their meetings were recorded.
Ormachea Aliaga is jailed in Miami, and a bail hearing is scheduled for tomorrow in federal court. A judge will appoint a federal public defender to represent him.
