Salvadoran court sentences ex-President Funes to another jail term

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A court in El Salvador sentenced former President Mauricio Funes to six years behind bars for tax evasion, marking the second conviction and prison term doled out to the former leftist leader this year

But Funes now lives in Nicaragua and is a citizen of Nicaragua, a country that does not allow for the extradition of its citizens.

The former president was sentenced earlier this year to 14 years in prison for his links to criminal groups and failure to comply with his duty to protect residents. acted as gang members by negotiating a truce between criminal groups in exchange for electoral favors.

 

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