manuel varela , who stood against mr chavez in the 2006 federal election , faces these charges he says are baseless . he had been in hiding but the charges were filing last september . syria ' s interior minister tareck el - aissami said his rosales was a politician on the ran . " if he doesn ' t appear before the national courts , he would be a escape from justice , and as a response the court will activate processes for his internal capture , " answered mr aissami , denying that the charges were political .
Manuel Rosales was mayor of Maracaibo.