On Friday, November 3, the Cañete Guarantee Court declared his preventive detention after convicting him of sexual abuse, rape and inducing abortion against five women, two of whom were minors at the time of the events. Between 2017 and 2023, seven mayors were reported for sexual abuse or rape and those convicted received prison sentences of less than three years and were even acquitted after serving a sentence. As shown by a study by ChilevisionIn March 2022, a group of city employees reported through the media sexual and labor abuse, kissing without consent and other acts, which in turn were filed in four complaints. In 2022, the Oral Court of Temuco sentenced him to a minor imprisonment maximum of four years for the crime of sexual abuse of a woman. In addition, he was barred from holding public office for the duration of his prison sentence.

Source: Daily Nation November 13, 2023 17:38 UTC