Former Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes is sentenced to 14 years in prison for gang truce

A criminal court of The Savior sentenced the former president to 14 years in prison this Monday Mauricio Funes (2009-2014), who currently lives in Nicaraguafor crimes committed within the framework of a truce between the gangs during his government.

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“The ex-president Mauricio Funes He has been sentenced to 14 years in prison and David Munguía Payesformer Minister of Justice and Security, has received a sentence of 18 years in prison”reported the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) On twitter.

funeswho was tried in absentia after a legal reform that allows it, thus becomes the second president of the democratic stage Salvadoran to receive a prison sentence.

The Prosecutor explained that funes received 8 years for the position of illicit groups and 6 years for breach of duty.

These penalties and charges were the same for the retired general Munguía Payéswho also received 4 years in prison for arbitrary acts.

Between 2012 and 2014, gangs Mara Salvatrucha (MS13), Barrio 18 and other minorities maintained an armistice to reduce the numbers of homicides backed by the Government of funes.

According to him Public ministrythis truce stipulated favors for these gangs, such as prison benefits for the imprisoned leaders, public investment in the communities under their control and a reduced presence of the security forces in the dominated neighborhoods for these structures.

Funes denied, after declaring in the prosecution in 2016, that his Government has given prebends to gang leaders incarcerated in exchange for a decrease in homicides.

However, in the trial against the so-called truce operators, the retired general Munguía Payéstestified as a witness and changed the official version by stating that the armistice was a policy of “pacification”.

In June 2019, an anti-mafia court sentenced seven operators of the mafia to between two and three years in prison. controversial truce between gangs.

Source: Elcomercio

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