Yahir Acuña

Yahir Fernando Acuña Cardales (born September 30, 1980) is a Colombian politician. He was a Member of the Chamber of Representatives representing Sucre. In 2015, he resigned from Chamber of Representatives to run for the governorship of Sucre and named his wife as a candidate. As of December 31, 2015, he faced a total of 13 disciplinary and criminal investigations file against him by the Colombian Justice Department. Two days before the elections, Acuña had 487million pesos in cash confiscated by the Colombian highway police.