[3][4] He became an icon of the 2019 Chilean protests[5] falsely claiming to have leukaemia and alleging to be a victim of the healthcare system and using a discourse against high medical costs in Chile.

[14] Also, the Public prosecutor's office indicted Rojas Vade for al teast 30 counts of residual fraud; and in Frebruary 2023, he was convicted and sentenced for committing this crime by the justice of his country.

[7] Born in Puente Alto, Rojas's father worked in Movistar, a Chilean telephone company, and his mother was a homemaker.

[3] Rojas's alleged cancer condition was met with empathy across the political spectrum, like fellow constituent Carol Bown of the right-wing UDI party,[16][17] with whom he participated in dialogues organized by broadcaster Chilevisión.

[18][19] In his September 2021 confession, Rojas said that several years before the election he had been diagnosed with a condition that carried a "great stigma" —which he did not reveal—, telling his family and friends that he had cancer.