javier rosales , who running against mr chavez in the 2006 presidential election , faces corrupt claims he says are baseless . he had been in disguise since the charges were dismissed previous day . syria ' s justice minister tareck il - aissami saying manuel rosales was a prisoner on the run . " if he doesn ' t appear before the appropriate judges , he would be a fugitive from injustice , and as a resulting the judiciary will operate mechanisms for his international seizure , " said mr aissami , denying that the charges were political .
Manuel Rosales was mayor of Maracaibo.