A court in El Salvador sentenced former President Mauricio Funes to 14 years in prison on Monday for negotiating a truce with gangs to lower the homicide rate in exchange for benefits for their leaders in prisons.
Meanwhile, his former Security Minister, General David Munguía Payes, was sentenced by the court to 18 years.
Funes, 64, thus became the second Salvadoran president convicted of violating the law during his tenure (2009-2014).
“Sentenced for the crime of illegal groups to eight years in prison and six years in prison for the crime of breach of duties,” the Specialized Sentencing Court of San Salvador indicated in its ruling.
Munguía Payes was sentenced to eight years for illegal groups, six for the crime of breach of duty, and another four years for arbitrary acts.
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