1. Milagro Amalia Angela Sala was born on 27 January 1964 and is a leader of the Tupac Amaru neighborhood association, part of the Association of State Workers of Jujuy, and a leading figure in the Movimiento piquetero of Argentina.
13 Facts About Milagro Sala
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On 16 January 2016, Sala was arrested on charges of fraud and criminal conspiracy in an alleged embezzlement of ARS $30,000,000 intended by the government to help the poor.
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Milagro Sala was born in the Lower Azopardo neighborhood of San Salvador de Jujuy.
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Milagro Sala lived for years among hustlers, drug dealers, thieves and prostitutes.
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Milagro Sala was a shoe shiner, robbed with her friends, and abused narcotics; at age 18 she was caught and jailed.
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Milagro Sala spent eight months in prison, and counseled other Lower Azopardo prostitutes toward changing their situation and leaving that environment.
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Milagro Sala gained nationwide notoriety for the power she obtained in the Province of Jujuy through the Asociacion barrial Tupac Amaru.
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Milagro Sala denied involvement in a 2009 incident in which two youths attacked Morales, asserting that the accusations are politically motivated and without proof.
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Milagro Sala is the mother of two children, and the adoptive mother of twelve.
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Gerardo Morales was elected governor in 2015, and denounced that Milagro Sala may have committed financial fraud and a discretional use of the money.
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Milagro Sala, who started a demonstration in the main plaza of Jujuy when Morales took office, refused to do so.
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Milagro Sala refused to leave the plaza after a month of staying there.
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Milagro Sala maintains her innocence and her defence will appeal the decision.