El Salvador: a pro-government mayor is detained for lack of payment to her employees

the police of The Savior arrested this Wednesday the mayoress of the town of soyapango by the ruling party Nuevas Ideas (NI), Nercy Montano, for the lack of payment to municipal employees, according to the Attorney General’s Office.

“In compliance with our mission to ensure the interests of society, tonight an arrest warrant is executed for the mayoress of soyapango”indicated the source on social networks.

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She added that she will be accused of the crimes of misappropriation of labor quotas, breach of duties to the detriment of the Public Administration and embezzlement of public funds.

Moment of the capture of the mayoress of Soyapango, Nercy Montano, who will be prosecuted for embezzlement of public funds. pic.twitter.com/oBfoXABJcc

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President Nayib Bukele reacted to the arrest and pointed out that in The Savior “Corruption was never fought, much less against officials of the same government party.”

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“But if we want to advance as a society, we must understand that this is a necessity and that it is unavoidable”he added on Twitter.

According to various local media publications, the employees of the mayor’s office of Soyapango have suspended the work of garbage collection. The workers denounced the late payment of salary, delivery of a bonus and other labor benefits.

Montano won the municipal elections in 2021 with the flag of NI, a party founded by a Bukele movement and that it is directed by one of his relatives.

In this same municipality the Government of bukele It has placed a fence with some 10,000 soldiers and police as part of its plan to combat gangs and within the framework of the emergency regime in force since the end of March.

Source: Elcomercio

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