US EditionEx-El Salvador President Mauricio Funes sentenced to 14 years for negotiating with gangs
- Former President of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for illicit association and failure to perform his duties for negotiating with criminal gangs during his presidency.
- The negotiations were aimed at reducing the homicide rate in exchange for benefits to leaders imprisoned by the gangs and were alleged to have been carried out in 2012.
- Funes denied negotiating with the gangs or giving their leaders any privileges, and his former security minister, David Munguia Payes, was also sentenced to 18 years for his involvement in the negotiations.
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The former president of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for negotiating a truce with some criminal organizations.
El Salvador court sentences ex-President Funes to 14 years in prison
A court in El Salvador sentenced former President Mauricio Funes and his justice minister to more than a decade behind bars for their ties to criminal groups and failure to comply with duties, the attorney general's office said on Monday.
El Salvador: condenan al expresidente Mauricio Funes por tregua entre pandillas
Sofía Benavides (CNN Español) — Un tribunal de sentencia de San Salvador condenó en ausencia este lunes a 14 años de prisión al expresidente Mauricio Funes (2009-2014) por los delitos de agrupaciones ilícitas (ocho años) e incumplimiento de deberes (seis años), informó la Fiscalía General de El Salvador. El fallo también incluyó al exministro de Justicia y Seguridad David Munguía Payés, quien guardaba prisión preventiva, y que deberá cumplir una…
El Salvador court sentences ex-President Funes to 14 years in prison
SAN SALVADOR, May 30 — A court in El Salvador sentenced former President Mauricio Funes and his justice minister to more than a decade behind bars for their ties to criminal groups and failure to comply with duties, the attorney general’s office said yesterday. Funes was sentenced to 14 years and his former justice and defence minister, David Munguia, to 18. “We were able to verify that these two former officials, who had the obligation to prote…
The Salvadoran justice system has sentenced former President Mauricio Funes to 14 years in prison for having negotiated a truce with the gangs during his term in office (2009—2014). Funes sought refuge in Nicaragua in 2016, where he has the protection of Daniel Ortega, who has granted him Nicaraguan nationality. Along with the former president, David Munguía Payés, former Minister of Justice and Security, has also been sentenced to 18 years in p…
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