Juan Vera, the Convergencia Andaluza Mayor of the village of Tolox, had been charged with planning crimes

Juan Vera, the Convergencia Andaluza Mayor of the village of Tolox, had been charged with planning crimes for granting building licences for more than 2,000 homes in this small village in the Sierra de las Nieves, which has a current population of just 2,400 people. Now, EFE reports that the Málaga prosecution service is charging the Mayor on 23 separate counts, and that each will be tried as a separate case. In each of them, EFE reports, he faces terms of between one and two years, and a public office ban of up to 10 years. The municipal architect and a legal assessor are also charged in some of the cases for licences granted between 2004 and 2006.