Salvadoran ex-president Saca released after 10-year sentence for corruption
- Elias Antonio Saca confessed to diverting over $300m in public funds during his presidency and took a plea bargain.
- Elias Antonio Saca, the former president of El Salvador, has been released after serving a 10-year prison term for corruption.
- Saca, 61, arrived at court to formally report his release on Thursday after fulfilling the terms of a plea deal in which he confessed to diverting and laundering more than $300m from public funds during his 2004 to 2009 administration.
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- Elias Antonio Saca confessed to diverting over $300m in public funds during his presidency and took a plea bargain.
- Elias Antonio Saca, the former president of El Salvador, has been released after serving a 10-year prison term for corruption.
- Saca, 61, arrived at court to formally report his release on Thursday after fulfilling the terms of a plea deal in which he confessed to diverting and laundering more than $300m from public funds during his 2004 to 2009 administration.
Sources: Al Jazeera