Milei ex-adviser arrested in Bolivia over shooting of ex-partner

In Bolivia on 18 August 2026, Fernando Cerimedo, an ex-adviser of Milei, was arrested and is being investigated over a shooting attack on his ex-partner Nadia Beller. Clarín reported that hitmen carried out the attack, and La Nación reported that she was shot in a hotel in Bolivia and described her as a political activist.

Clarín and La Nación reported that Cerimedo was placed in preventive detention. La Nación wrote that the police said he would have had a “sentimental problem” with the woman attacked and will remain detained. Clarín identified him as the owner of La Derecha Diario, and Estadão called him an ally of Eduardo Bolsonaro.