translated from Spanish: Government fires director of the Serviu Araucanía formalized for beating his wife

This Saturday the government announced that it called for the immediate resignation of the Director of the Housing and Urbanization Service of the Araucanía Region, Hugo Cruz Véliz after it was formalized for beating his wife durant and the early morning.
Cruz was arrested after he was sued by his wife. He was then formalised in the Temuco Guarantee Court and was released pending the investigation.
However, through a statement the Ministry of Housing reported its departure
“In the face of the unfortunate events that occurred in the early hours of this Saturday and involving the regional director of the Housing and Urbanization Service of the Araucanía Region, Hugo Cruz Veliz, has been asked to be immediately resigned from office.”, they said in a statement .
In the text they detailed that the case is still in court but that it is sufficient to call for a waiver.
“As government and Minvu we have considered as a priority the commission of President Sebastián Piñera regarding a permanent attitude of zero tolerance towards violence against women, for this reason and despite the fact that this case is based in the courts of Justice , it is our duty to condemn any evidence of abuse against women and not to tolerate any such space among our officials or among our principal authorities”

Original source in Spanish

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