| Mayor of San Blas Ramirez Admits to Stealing Public Funds, But 'Only a Little' BBC News | |
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'Sí robé, pero poquito', says Hilario Ramírez Villanueva. (InfoMX NOTICIAS)
A former mayor of the town of San Blas, on the Pacific coast in the Mexican state of Nayarit, has admitted to stealing public money when he was in office.
"They say I stole a lot of money," said Hilario Ramirez while campaigning for a new term in office.
"I did steal, but it was only a little because the government was in crisis."
Mexicans from the state of Nayarit are going to the polls in July to elect a new state congress and 20 mayors.
On the campaign trail, Mr Ramirez said he had stolen with one hand, but with the other hand given the money to the poor.
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