US EditionFormer El Salvador President Mauricio Funes who lived in exile in Nicaragua dies at 65
- Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes died at 65 after living in Nicaragua to avoid criminal sentences.
- Nicaragua's Health Ministry reported that Funes died of a serious chronic illness.
- Funes governed El Salvador from 2009 to 2014 and had pending sentences totaling over 26 years.
- He fled to Nicaragua in 2016 and lived under the protection of Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega.
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Former Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes Died - teleSUR English
He passed away at 65 on Tuesday night in Nicaragua, where he had been living in asylum. On Thursday, the Popular Resistance and Rebellion Block (BRP), which brings together around 30 social organizations in El Salvador, mourned the passing of former President Mauricio Funes (2009–2014). RELATED: El Salvador: Trial Against Santa Marta Environmentalists Ends He died at the age of 65 on Tuesday night in Managua, Nicaragua—where he had been living i…
Former Salvadoran President Funes dies in his Nicaraguan exile
Former Salvadoran President Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena, better known as Mauricio Funes, died Tuesday local time in exile in Nicaragua where Daniel Ortega's Sandinista regime had granted him citizenship, the Health Ministry announced in a statement.
The president of the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador, Ernesto Castro, said this Wednesday to journalists that former President Mauricio Funes (2009-2014) will be remembered as “the person who agreed with the gangs” and regretted that “he did not pay” before the Justice “for the crimes committed.”
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Former Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes Dies in Nicaragua
Former Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes Dies in Nicaragua Former Salvadoran president Mauricio Funes has died in Nicaragua, a haven he sought since 2016 to escape corruption charges. The 65-year-old passed due to a 'serious chronic illness,' according to Nicaraguan authorities, though specifics remain undisclosed.Funes led El Salvador from 2009 to 2014, ascending from an award-winning journalism career where he was famed for exposing politica…
Former El Salvador President Funes dies in exile at 65
By Marcos Aleman | Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes, who spent the final years of his life in Nicaragua to avoid various criminal sentences, died late Tuesday. He was 65. Nicaragua’s Health Ministry said in a statement that Funes had died of a serious chronic illness. Funes governed El Salvador from 2009 to 2014. He lived his final nine years under the protection of Nicaragua President Dani…
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