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One week after Colombia inaugurated mayors, four already in jail
by Adriaan Alsema January 8, 2020
One week after Colombia’s city halls changed administration, four mayors are in jail on election fraud already, according to newspaper El Espectador.
The situation is creating an awkward situation in the northern town of San Benito Abad, Sucre, whose mayor was inaugurated in jail from where he is now running the public administration.
The mayors of Valle de San Juan in Tolima, El Rosario in Nariño and El Agrado in Huila were unable to evade the instruction of the National Electoral Council not to swear in mayors who are in jail.
The mayor of Bello, Antioquia, who is supposedly wearing an ankle bracelet, was able to be sworn in without problem, while legally he is in the same situation as the jailed mayors.
More:
https://colombiareports.com/one-week-after-colombia-inaugurated-mayors-four-already-in-jail/