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Bolivia: the prison pastor

Carlos was born into an influential Roman Catholic family in the mountain capital of Bolivia, La Paz.

Ronald Clements

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The chuch in San Pedro Prison | photo: Langham Partnership

As a young man he worked his way into a good position within government offices, becoming Private Secretary to one of the ministers in the government of President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada. But in November 2007 his world fell apart. He was falsely accused of financial crimes and incarcerated in San Pedro Prison.