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Former Mayor of Algarrobo Sentenced to 14 Years in Prison for Embezzlement and Laundering of Assets

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The former mayor of Algarrobo, José Luis Yáñez, elected as communal chief in 2021 when he was a member of the UDI, was sentenced to...

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The former mayor of Algarrobo, José Luis Yáñez, elected as communal chief in 2021 when he was a member of the UDI, was sentenced to...

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José Luis Yáñez and Belén Carrasco face severe penalties for embezzlement and money laundering, along with millions of fines and an additional sentence for Sixto Carrasco.

On Thursday, the Criminal Court of San Antonio sentenced former Mayor of Algarrobo, José Luis Yáñez (ex UDI), to 14 years in prison for embezzlement of public funds and laundering of assets. Yáñez was sentenced together with his partner and former municipal treasurer, Belén Carrasco, for a series of acts of corruption committed between the years 2022 and 2023. Specifically, they were sentenced to 10 years in prison for the crime of embezzlement …

The Criminal Court of San Antonio sentenced the former mayor of Algarrobo, José Luis Yáñez, UDI, and his partner and former treasurer, Belén Carrasco, to 14 years in prison for corruption offences committed between 2022 and 2023. In addition, both were sentenced to 10 years for embezzlement of public funds [...] The entry Exalcalde de Algarrobo sentenced to 14 years in prison was first published in Desenfoque.cl.

The Criminal Court of San Antonio today sentenced the former mayor of Algarrobo, José Luis Yáñez (ex UDI), and his partner and former treasurer, Belén Carrasco, for corruption offences committed between 2022 and 2023. The former authority and Carrasco were sentenced to serve a sentence of 14 years in prison: 10 for embezzlement of public funds to the detriment of the municipality and 4 years for the crime of money laundering. In addition, they w…

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BioBioChile broke the news in Chile on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
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