Nadia Beller

Nadia Beller, Victim and Ex-Partner of Fernando Cerimedo, Takes Asylum in the Mexican Embassy in Bolivia

ByLa Jornada Staff

This article by La Jornada Staff originally appeared in the November 9, 2026 edition of La Jornada, Mexico’s premier left wing daily newspaper.

Nadia Beller, the victim of an attempted femicide by her ex-partner, the Argentine far-right adviser Fernando Cerimedo, founder of La Derecha Diario, has taken asylum in the Mexican Embassy in Bolivia.

This was announced in a statement by the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which noted that the Mexican government notified it of the asylum on November 4, along with a request for a safe-conduct pass.

The Bolivian Foreign Ministry stated that, within the framework of the 30th Ibero-American Summit, held in Madrid, Mexico’s Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Roberto Velasco, and Bolivia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Héctor Francisco Huanca Gutiérrez, held a bilateral meeting. However, it clarified that during the meeting “no commitment whatsoever was made to grant the requested safe-conduct, nor was it agreed to deliver it upon the Bolivian Foreign Minister’s return to the country.”

It also indicated that the request is under evaluation by the competent authorities, in accordance with the provisions of the national legal system and the applicable international obligations. So far, it stated, no decision has been made nor has a formal response been issued on the matter.

Why Did Nadia Beller Ask Mexico for Asylum?

According to Brújula Streaming, Beller said that, due to constant harassment, on October 29 she requested the withdrawal of the police guard from her home in Santa Cruz, but did not renounce her status as a protected witness. She added that the following day the prosecutor’s office notified the Police to comply with that request, although the officers remained at the location until November 5 or 6.

Since they didn’t feel like obeying a prosecutor’s order, I didn’t feel like letting them run my life and harass me. And what I did was seek my own safety in one of the four countries that offered me asylum.

Nadia Beller, in an interview with Brújula Streaming

The lawyer indicated that the other countries offered her alternatives that, according to her account, involved leaving Bolivia through illegal crossings or carrying out longer procedures. However, she did not specify which nations they were.