Oaxaca State Prosecutors' Office Arrests 'Dead' Mayor for Faking Death
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July 24, 2013
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Carballido won July 7 elections for mayor of the village of San Agustin Amatengo. (Twitter)

MEXICO CITY –  Prosecutors say they have arrested a man who faked his death to beat a rape charge, then later got elected mayor of a village in southern Mexico.

The Oaxaca state prosecutors' office says Leninguer Carballido was arrested on charges of using fake documents and making false statements.

Carballido was found late Tuesday hiding in a heavily fortified room at his family's home on the outskirts of Oaxaca City.

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