Communist Mayor Daniel Jadue arrested and given 120 days of preventative detention : Peoples Dispatch
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Progressive Chilean groups have alleged that the ruling was disproportionate and represents politically motivated lawfare
  • plinky [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    The case against Daniel Jadue has its origins in 2021, when the medical supply company Best Quality filed a lawsuit for fraud against ACHIFARP, insisting that the company had sold supplies to the association and were not paid for it and that there was an existing 1 million dollar debt. Following this, several other lines of investigation were opened up by the Prosecutor regarding the municipality’s people’s pharmacy, over “illicit activity” conducted by employees. Then in 2023, the Comptroller’s Office filed charges against Recoleta’s mayor, accusing him of failing to uphold probity while leading ACHIFARP.

    lawfare alive and well seems like