Fernando Cerimedo is currently imprisoned.
Posted by The MeidasTouch Podcast, Checked
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The MeidasTouch PodcastOct 27, 2026
Sources show Cerimedo was arrested on 18 August 2026 and placed in pretrial detention, then moved to the maximum-security Chonchocoro prison on 8 September, and later reporting from early and mid-October still describes him as jailed, so he was imprisoned on 2026-10-27. The post spells his name 'Ceramido'; the sources spell it 'Cerimedo' for the same person.
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What was said
… He's an Argentinian political consultant with Javier Malé, who would go around to all of these places, Colombia, this place, that place, Bolivia. And so he is actually imprisoned right now, and so he wasn't able to do the types of things that he's normally able to do. And also, Zelensky's been striking the Russian data centers, like Yandex, and so the bot farms have been hurt and are slightly disabled. …
The MeidasTouch Podcast · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. Reuters reported on 18 August 2026 that Bolivian police detained Fernando Cerimedo as a suspect in the shooting of Nadia Beller, and AP reported that prosecutors charged him with attempted femicide.[1][2]
Supports. Reuters/EFE reported on 8 September 2026 that authorities transferred Cerimedo to the maximum-security Chonchocoro prison to serve six months of pretrial detention.[3]
Supports. Reporting published 3 October and 13 October 2026 states he has been in a Bolivian prison since 18 August and that he 'now sits in a prison,' which places his detention close to the 27 October claim date.[4][5]
Context. Several sources describe him as held in pretrial detention, and some list additional charges such as illicit enrichment and narcotrafficking; this does not affect the claim that he is imprisoned.[6][7][8]
Sources
8 sources: 2 fact-checkers, 6 not rated
- 1A bruising week for Bolivia's President Paz as scandal and ...apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Adviser to Bolivia's Paz, Argentina's Milei detained over attack on analystreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 3Licensable video: Argentina's Fernando Cerimedo transferred to maximum-security prison in Boliviareutersconnect.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 4Bolivia arrests prosecutor on Trump ally Cerimedo, accused of ...yacnews.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5U.S. goes to bizarre lengths to protect its man in Boliviapeoplesworld.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6He was called 'MAGA's Man' in Latin America. Now ...latimes.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Who is Fernando Cerimedo, the digital strategist who advised Milei and Bolsonaro and is now detained in Boliviademocrata.es · not rated · cited for: context
- 8Fernando Cerimedo - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: context
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