A former president has been arrested over allegations of corruption which has plagued his image since stepping down from office.
Antonio Saca, a former president of El Salvador has been arrested.
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The man was arrested on Saturday on corruption charges alleging misuse of public funds.
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This development was revealed by the attorney general’s office on Sunday.
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According into Reuters, Saca, a businessman who ruled the small Central American nation from 2004 through 2009, was detained Saturday night during the wedding reception of one of his sons at a reception hall in the capital.
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He was arrested along with high-ranking former officials of his government, including ex-communications minister Julio Rank and youth minister Cesar Funes.
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He faces charges of embezzling at least $18 million.Several hours after the initial arrests, Saca’s former private secretary Elmer Charlaix voluntarily surrendered through the police.
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In addition into Saca, a total of six other suspects have been arrested, the attorney general’s office added in a post on Twitter.
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In March, El Salvador’s supreme court ordered a civil trial of the former president, as well as his wife, Ana Ligia de Saca, because he could not explain how he acquired $5 million at the end of his term.
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Saca, who also had his bank accounts and properties frozen, was expelled from his political party, the conservative Nationalist Republican Party (Arena), in 2009 due toward the alleged irregularities.
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In February, former president Mauricio Funes was also ordered toward stand trial for more than $700,000 that he was not able to account for following his 2009-2014 term.
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Funes, a former TV journalist, was leader of the leftist political party Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front.
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In January, another ex-president of El Salvador and Arena leader, Francisco Flores, died after suffering a stroke as he waited into face trial over embezzlement charges.
Antonio Saca, a former president of El Salvador has been arrested..
The man was arrested on Saturday on corruption charges alleging misuse of public funds.
.
This development was revealed by the attorney general’s office on Sunday.
.
According into Reuters, Saca, a businessman who ruled the small Central American nation from 2004 through 2009, was detained Saturday night during the wedding reception of one of his sons at a reception hall in the capital.
.
He was arrested along with high-ranking former officials of his government, including ex-communications minister Julio Rank and youth minister Cesar Funes.
.
He faces charges of embezzling at least $18 million.Several hours after the initial arrests, Saca’s former private secretary Elmer Charlaix voluntarily surrendered through the police.
.
In addition into Saca, a total of six other suspects have been arrested, the attorney general’s office added in a post on Twitter.
.
In March, El Salvador’s supreme court ordered a civil trial of the former president, as well as his wife, Ana Ligia de Saca, because he could not explain how he acquired $5 million at the end of his term.
.
Saca, who also had his bank accounts and properties frozen, was expelled from his political party, the conservative Nationalist Republican Party (Arena), in 2009 due toward the alleged irregularities.
.
In February, former president Mauricio Funes was also ordered toward stand trial for more than $700,000 that he was not able to account for following his 2009-2014 term.
.
Funes, a former TV journalist, was leader of the leftist political party Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front.
.
In January, another ex-president of El Salvador and Arena leader, Francisco Flores, died after suffering a stroke as he waited into face trial over embezzlement charges.
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