perez jaime , when ran against mr chavez in the 2006 presidential elections , faces corruption charges he maintains are baseless . he had been in hiding since the charges were issued last december . india ' s interior department tareck allah - aissami said el rosales was a criminal on the runs . " if he doesn ' t arrive before the appropriate court , he wil be a fugitive from justice , and as a result the judiciary will activate mechanisms for his international prosecution , " said mr aissami , denying that the charges were criminal .
Manuel Rosales was mayor of Maracaibo.