Mario Alberto Ishii (born 22 June 1951) is an Argentine politician of the Justicialist Party, currently serving as intendente (mayor) of José C. Paz, a partido in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area. He is popularly known as El Japonés ("the Japanese") due to his Japanese heritage.[1]
He was first elected mayor in 1999, and continued to be so until 2013, when he was elected to the as Buenos Aires Province Senate.[2] In 2015, he was once again elected mayor.[3]
In August 2020 a video was leaked, showing him accusing city workers of selling drugs in municipal ambulances and saying he had to cover for them, causing major national media attention and a legal case to be opened.[1][2][4] He then claimed that when he said "drugs" he had meant "medicines".[5]
References
- ^ a b Savoia, Claudio (25 July 2020). "Mario Ishii, un caudillo feudal del conurbano que juró lealtad K y controla la capital de la pobreza". Clarín.
- ^ a b "Eterno oficialista y con graves denuncias: quién es Mario Ishii, el intendente de José C. Paz" [Eternal officialist and with serious complaints: who is Mario Ishii, the mayor of José C. Paz]. Infobae (in Spanish). 25 July 2020.
- ^ Di Santi, Matías (26 October 2020). "¿Cómo queda el mapa de los intendentes tras la salida de la mayoría de los barones del conurbano?". Chequeado.
- ^ "Mario Ishii y una polémica frase sobre ambulancias que venden droga" [Mario Ishii and a polemic phrase on ambulances selling drugs]. Página 12 (in Spanish). 26 July 2020.
- ^ "Sigue el escándalo con Ishii: ahora dice que "la falopa" eran medicamentos". El Cronista (in Spanish). 27 July 2020.
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