El Salvador frees ex-President Saca after 10-year corruption sentence
He had pleaded guilty to diverting and laundering more than $300 million from the state budget and avoided a potential 30-year term.
- On Thursday, former Salvadoran President Elias Antonio 'Tony' Saca was released from prison after completing a 10-year sentence for corruption, his lawyer Mario Machado confirmed as they exited a San Salvador courthouse.
- Saca pleaded guilty to diverting and laundering more than $300 million from the state budget during his 2004-2009 administration, with a plea deal reducing a potential 30-year sentence.
- "The 10 years were completed," Machado said, noting the sentence was backdated to 2016 when Saca was arrested during his son's wedding.
- Saca is one of four Salvadoran presidents to have faced corruption charges, though he alone served jail time; Mauricio Funes and Salvador Sanchez Ceren fled to Nicaragua, and Francisco Flores died before trial.
- A businessman and radio broadcaster, Saca served as president representing the Nationalist Republican Alliance before the Supreme Court ruled his 2014 candidacy with the Grand Alliance for National Unity unconstitutional.
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Elias Antonio Saca, who was president from 2004 to 2009, took money from the state treasury. He was released on Thursday
El Salvador frees ex-President Saca after 10-year corruption sentence
By Gerardo Arbaiza SAN SALVADOR, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Elias Antonio "Tony" Saca, a former Salvadoran president imprisoned for corruption, was released on Thursday, his lawyer said, standing alongside the politician as they exited a courthouse. Saca, 61...
The former president of the Republic, Elías Antonio Saca, presented himself this Thursday, October 29 before the Second Court of Prison Surveillance, located in the Isidro Menéndez Judicial Center of San Salvador, after recovering his freedom after serving the sentence imposed against him. Upon his departure from the judicial facilities, the former [...]
The former president of the Republic, Elías Antonio Saca, presented himself this Thursday, October 29 before the Second Court of Prison Surveillance, located in the Isidro Menéndez Judicial Center of San Salvador, after recovering his freedom after serving his sentence. Upon his departure from the judicial facilities, the ex-mandatario was approached by journalists, who [...]
Saca, 61, served a reduced sentence of 10 years after being found guilty of diverting and washing more than $300 million from the state budget
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