Salvadoran ex-president Saca released after 10-year sentence for corruption
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Former Salvadoran president Elias Antonio Saca has been released after serving a 10-year sentence for corruption. He confessed to diverting more than $300 million in public funds while he held the presidency. Saca accepted a plea bargain in the case rather than fighting the charges. The decade-long sentence has now run its course, and he is out of custody.
Elias Antonio Saca confessed to diverting more than $300m in public funds during his presidency and accepted a plea barg