Venezuelan mayor Manuel Rosales seeks asylum in Peru , his lawyer said . Rosales called the district attorney 's actions `` a manipulation , '' and said the prosecutor `` is acting on Chavez 's orders . '' Rosales says the charges are trumped - up , cites political opponents . He was supposed to have turned himself in Monday but failed to appear .
Venezuelan mayor Manuel Rosales seeks asylum in Peru , his lawyer said . Rosales says the charges are trumped - up , cites political opponents . He was supposed to have turned himself in Monday but failed to appear .