A Bolivian judge on Friday ordered the arrest of ex-president Evo Morales over his alleged relationship with a teenage girl while in office, raising the stakes in the nation’s months-long showdown with the former leader.

The former leader, who is accused of having a child with a minor, says the allegations are meant to torpedo his bid for a political comeback A Bolivian judge ordered the arrest of Evo Morales on Friday,

A Bolivian judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of former president Evo Morales after he failed to appear in court over a case alleging that he sexually abused a minor. Morales, 65, is alleged to have had a child with a teenage girl in 2016 – a sexual relationship that would have constituted statutory rape under Bolivian law.