Karen Rojo

Chilean politician

Karen Paulina Rojo Venegas (born 9 July 1980) is a convicted former Chilean politician. [1]

Karen Rojo

From 2012 to 2020, she served as mayor of the Antofagasta commune. On 27 July 2020, she was suspended from her position as mayor as a result of a judicial investigation for tax fraud and incompatible negotiation. On 19 November 2020, she officially resigned from office. On 18 January 2021 she was sentenced to 5 years in prison, a fine, and lifelong disqualification from exercising political rights. She fled to the Netherlands to try to get out of her sentence. in an attempt to apply for asylum there she was arrested in Ter Apel on 13 July 2022.[2][3]

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  1. "La suspendida Karen Rojo renunció a la alcaldía de Antofagasta". Cooperativa.cl (in Spanish).
  2. Dutch police arrest fugitive Chilean politican Crime, 14 July 2022, dutchnews.nl
  3. Fugitive Chilean politician Karen Rojo, convicted of fraud, arrested in Ter Apel, 13 July 2022, nltimes.nl