Former mayor of Peñaflor arrested for illegal possession of weapons

by times news cr

2024-08-19 01:28:54

Manuel Fuentes is at the centre of a controversy over the fraudulent use of Unique Keys to falsify signatures and be able to sponsor his candidacy for mayor.

Manuel Fuentes, former mayor of Peñaflor and current candidate in the upcoming municipal elections, was arrested by Carabineros for illegal possession of firearms.

According to the chief prosecutor of the Western High Complexity Prosecutor’s Office, Paulina Díaz, the former head of the Peñaflor community was arrested after a search was carried out at his home, where two weapons were found, “a revolver type weapon not registered in the candidate’s name and another that is simply prohibited, since it is a weapon with the serial number erased.”

Manuel Fuentes is at the center of the controversy over the fraudulent use of Unique Keys to falsify signatures and be able to sponsor his candidacy for mayor of Peñaflor.

A report by T13 reported that former employees of his campaign command learned that a ChileAtiende official removed a database from the agency without authorization for eminently political purposessince they were used as alleged sponsors of the former mayor of Peñaflor.

Prosecutor Paulina Díaz stated that Manuel Mallea, who works at ChileAtiende in Melipilla, is also being investigated for this cause. was coordinated with Manuel Fuentes to use these Unique Keys.

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