El Salvador prosecutors order arrest of ex-president Funes

Published June 08, 2018

Prosecutors in El Salvador say arrest warrants have been issued for former President Mauricio Funes and more than two dozen others from his inner circle on a host of corruption charges.

Salvadoran Attorney General Douglas Menendez says the 31 arrest orders include Funes' private secretary, his long-time partner Ada Mitchelle Guzman Siguenza, his ex-wife Regina Canas and two of Funes' sons.

Menendez said Friday in a news conference that Funes' government diverted $351 million in public funds.

Funes held office from 2009 to 2014, and has been living in exile in Nicaragua since 2016.

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