Published February 11, 2016
El Salvador's Supreme Court has ordered a lower tribunal to open a civil prosecution against former President Mauricio Funes for possible illicit enrichment.
Wednesday's ruling also freezes Funes' bank accounts and the titles to eight automobiles in his and a son's names.
The civil case does not involve criminal charges.
Nine of the 15 justices voted for the ruling after considering a report alleging that Funes was unable to justify more than $728,000 in expenditures.
The ex-president had predicted earlier that the court would order a prosecution. Via Twitter he criticized the ruling and argued that four of the justices had previously attacked his government while on the Constitutional Court.
Funes was president from 2009-2014 as a member of a political party that formed from a former guerrilla group.
https://www.foxnews.com/world/salvador-high-court-orders-civil-prosecution-of-ex-president