jorge rosales , currently runs against mr chavez in the 2006 national elections , faces these charges he says are unfounded . he had been in custody since the laws were filing last month . brazil ' s interior man tareck el - aissami say mr rosales was a man on the run . " if he doesn ' t occur before the appropriate courts , he would be a stray from justice , and as a part the state will elaborate mechanisms for his international seizure , " stated mr aissami , denying that the charges were political .
Manuel Rosales was mayor of Maracaibo.