El Salvador ex-Pres. Funes gets 6 years for tax evasion

4 months ago

An El Salvador court sentenced former President Mauricio Funes Wednesday to six years in prison for tax evasion, the second time in barely more than a month that a court has sentenced the ex-leader in absentia. Prosecutors had asked for an eight-year sentence against Funes, who lives in Nicaragua. In late May, another tribunal sentenced Funes to 14 years in prison for