The mayor of a municipality in Chile he committed suicide after being arrested after acting out a road accident while intoxicated and announce his resignation from office through a post on Facebook.
Regard Jorge Roain charge of the administration of Florida, a small town in the south of the Trans-Andean country, 500 kilometers from Santiago. The accident occurred last Saturday while Roa was driving his vehicle on road 146 that connects Concepción with Florida, in the Bio Bío region.
According to witnesses, the mayor lost control of the car, which collided against a street lighting pole and ended up with minor injuries.
After the accident, Roa was taken to the community hospital, where he underwent blood tests. alcohol level that he launched 1.8 grams of alcohol per liter of blood, far exceeding that country’s legal limit of 0.3.
While he was in the health facility, the mayor published a farewell message on his Facebook account, in which he acknowledged his responsibility for the accident and announced his irrevocable resignation to the position held since 2016.
“I want to apologize to my family, my friends, my neighbors and everyone who trusted me. I committed to big mistake and I will be consistent and I will pay for the crime committed. “I cannot continue to lead the municipality, therefore I submit my resignation from the position of mayor,” Roa wrote.
The text, that was canceled a few minutes latercaused shock among his followers, who sent him messages of support and asked him to reconsider his decision. However, Roa did not respond to any of them and went to his house, where he took his own life with a firearm.
According to his public account, he was “with several friends” before crashing his car.
However, he went further, revealing that depression was already affecting him. “Some time ago a progressive deterioration of my healthI lost a lot of weight and I wasn’t well either physically or psychologically, which little by little affected me a lot, especially the disloyalty and betrayal from my trusted staff.”
Who was the Chilean mayor
The news of his death was confirmed by the governor of the province of Concepción, Robert Contreras, who regretted the incident and expressed his condolences to the family and the community of Florida: “It is a very painful and sad situation. Jorge Roa was a much loved and respected person in his community, where he carried out great social and community work. We hope that the circumstances of his death are clarified and that the pain of his loved ones is respected,” the authorities said.
Roa, 68, was a member of the party Christian Democracy and was re-elected mayor of Florida in 2020 with 58.7% of the vote. Before taking on the role of mayor, he had held the role of municipal councilor and social and sports manager. He was the father of three children and was married.
His funeral will take place this Wednesday, February 14, in the community cemetery, after the mass in the church of San José. The participation of regional and national authorities, as well as representatives of political parties and social and neighborhood organizations is expected.
Source: Clarin
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