Salvadoran ex-president Saca released after 10-year sentence for corruption

Author: ReutersPublished on: October 30, 2026Country: El Salvador

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Salvadoran ex-president Saca released after 10-year sentence for corruption

Elias Antonio Saca, El Salvador’s president from 2004 to 2009, was released after serving a 10-year sentence for embezzlement and money laundering. Under a plea deal, he admitted diverting and laundering more than $300 million in public funds; his lawyer, Mario Machado, said he served the full term without early-release benefits. Saca was arrested at his son’s wedding in 2016 and was also convicted in 2019 of offering a court employee $10,000 for information about his case. He was ordered to repay $260 million to the state.

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