Overview
- Jonatan Arce of Fuerza Patria stepped down two days after declining a roadside alcohol test, which by local rules was recorded as a presumed positive.
- The infraction carries a 1,412,800‑peso penalty that appears in the municipality’s tax system with the inspector’s note citing refusal and vehicle transfer costs.
- Arce, a member of the council’s Transit and Transport Commission, issued a public apology, acknowledged the mistake, and said he accepted the sanction.
- Public pressure intensified after a post by Santiago Saccoccia of Estrellas Amarillas called for his removal following news of the traffic stop.
- Attention now turns to filling the vacant seat, with reporting pointing to the 2023 list order as a reference and noting that replacements are often decided politically, while no official statements have been issued by the municipal executive or bloc leaders.