Puerto Vallarta News

Puerto Vallarta News

Former Mayor of San Blas sentenced to two years in prison after admitting to ‘stealing a little’

Hilario Ramírez Villanueva, better known as Layín -the former mayor who acknowledged "stealing a little" from the San Blas city council, was sentenced to two years in prison by the Nayarit justice, after proving his responsibility in the improper exercise of functions.

The sentence was given in relation to the sale of an airport in the town that he governed, with which more than $12 million pesos (roughly a quarter million dollars) were diverted that did not reach the coffers of the municipality during his administration. For this reason, an arrest warrant was issued against . . .

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