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Juan Carlos Núñez
Juan Carlos Nuñez was born in March 1982, during the guinda (escape) in El Portillo del Norte, San Isidro, El Salvador. In 1983, his family moved to Mesa Grande and returned to Las Vueltas on October 10, 1987. From 1990 to 1993, he studied up to the third grade in La Ceiba and from 1994 to 1999, from fourth to ninth grade at the Las Vueltas Education Center. From 2000 to 2001, he studied at the Dr. Francisco Martínez Suárez National Institute of Chalatenango. In 2002, he began studying Law at the University of El Salvador (UES) in San Salvador. From 2009 to 2012 and from 2012 to 2015, he was part of the Concejo Municipal de Las Vueltas [Municipal Council of Las Vueltas]. From 2018 to 2021 and from 2021 to 2024, he was elected mayor of the municipality of Las Vueltas.