Edgar Santana Rivera is a Puerto Rican politician and former mayor of Vega Baja.
Edgar Santana | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Vega Baja | |
| In office January 11, 2005 – February 6, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Luis Meléndez |
| Succeeded by | Iván Hernández González |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | New Progressive Party (PNP) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Santana ran for mayor of Vega Baja at the 2000 general elections, but lost to the candidate of the Popular Democratic Party, Luis Meléndez.[1] At the 2004 elections, Santana ran again, this time defeating the PPD candidate.[2] He was reelected at the 2008 elections.[3]
In 2010, a judge found cause for arrest against Santana for 18 charges of bribery.[4] According to the accusations, Santana asked contractors for money in exchange of contracts in the municipality.[5] Although maintaining his innocence, Santana resigned in February 2011, after a judge found cause for trial against him.[6][7]
In October, the PNP disqualified Santana for reelection at the upcoming elections on the same day that his trial began.[8] After about two weeks of trial, Santana was found guilty of all charges and immediately arrested.[9] In December, he was sentenced to 18 years in prison.[10]
References
edit- ^ Elecciones Generales de 2000: Alcalde de Vega Baja Archived 2008-11-28 at the Wayback Machine on CEEPUR
- ^ Elecciones Generales 2004: Recuento Archived 2012-06-08 at the Wayback Machine on CEEPUR
- ^ Elecciones Generales 2008: Alcaldes Archived November 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine on CEEPUR
- ^ Hallan causa para arresto contra alcalde de Vega Baja Archived 2012-04-19 at the Wayback Machine on El Nuevo Día; Hernández, Yanira and Frances Rosario (September 29, 2010)
- ^ Testigo relata sobornos solicitados por el alcalde Santana[permanent dead link] on El Nuevo Día; Rivera Vargas, Daniel (November 1, 2011)
- ^ Edgar Santana a juicio por sobornos[permanent dead link] on Primera Hora; Maldonado, Wilma (February 5, 2011)
- ^ Edgar Santana deja la alcaldía de Vega Baja para defenderse Archived 2011-09-08 at the Wayback Machine on Primera Hora (February 6, 2011)
- ^ PNP descalifica la candidatura de Edgar Santana Archived 2012-01-04 at the Wayback Machine on El Nuevo Día; Cristina Cela, María and Yanira Hernández (October 31, 2011)
- ^ Vega Baja tiene alcalde interino Archived 2011-12-18 at the Wayback Machine on El Nuevo Día; Hernández, Yanira (November 15, 2011)
- ^ 18 años de cárcel al corrupto exalcalde de vega Baja, Edgar Santana Archived 2012-01-08 at the Wayback Machine on El Nuevo Día; Muñíz, Alba (December 17, 2011)
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