Ex-Salvadoran president sent to prison to await trial after judge revokes house arrest
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A special police unit in El Salvador has moved a former president to prison to await trial on charges of embezzlement and illicit enrichment.
Police assistant director Howard Cotto said Friday that a judge revoked former President Francisco Flores' house arrest and ordered him to be held in prison.
Flores was taken to a prison in the capital of San Salvador on Thursday.
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Flores is accused of embezzling $5.3 million while president. He is also charged with mismanaging $10 million that was donated to El Salvador by Taiwan's government during his presidency in 1999-2004.
He has said he received the money personally from Taiwan and handed it over to the intended state projects, but he has offered no proof of the transfer.