Body of slain woman buried in Bolivian prison cell
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Officials say an inmate apparently killed his ex-wife and buried her beneath his cell in Bolivia's largest prison — with nobody taking notice for nearly a year.
Chief prosecutor Gomer Padilla tells The Associated Press that the body was found after a fellow inmate confessed to helping bury Kenia Hidalgo Cespedes. The prosecutor says Marco Antonio Ramirez apparently failed to pay the conspirator an agreed-on $278 to keep silent.
Padilla says all evidence points to the body being that of Hidalgo, though it hasn't been formally confirmed.
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Ramirez is imprisoned for killing another former girlfriend. His ex-wife apparently visited to discuss the sale of a jointly owned apartment.
Padilla says investigators are probing the responsibility of personnel at the Palmasola prison, which Pope Francis visited last year.