Former mayor of Antofagasta Karen Rojo was found guilty of tax fraud



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The former mayor of Antofagasta Karen Rojo was found guilty of the crime of tax fraud. the former executive secretary of the Municipal Corporation Edgardo vergara he was also convicted of the same crime.

The reading of the sentence will take place on Monday, January 18 at 3:00 p.m.

Rojo was suspended from her post in July, when she was investigated by tax fraud and incompatible negotiation for him use of funds of the Municipal Corporation for Social Development (CMDS) and the Cultural Corporation of Antofagasta to pay an advice at the end of 2015.

On November 19, he resigned as mayor. “They have tried to sink me over and over again, even taking me out as secretariat. The trial is yet another maneuver, but it is also the moment to show my innocence before the justice “he said then.

In addition, at the beginning of December, the Regional Electoral Court sanctioned Rojo with five years without being able to hold public office, after blaming her for “neglect of duties” and “serious breaches of integrity.”

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