manuel lópez , that ran against mr chavez in the 2006 presidential election , faces corruption complaints he says are baseless . he had been in prison since the charges were filed last month . venezuela ' s police commissioner tareck allah - aissami said mr rosales was a criminal on the track . " if he doesn ' t appear before the applicable courts , he would be a fugitive from justice , and as a result the law will operate mechanisms for his legal capture , " said mr aissami , denying that the accused were legitimate .
Manuel Rosales was mayor of Maracaibo.