El Salvador frees ex-President Saca after 10-year corruption sentence

El Salvador frees ex-President Saca after 10-year corruption sentence

‌Elias Antonio "Tony" Saca, ​a former ‌Salvadoran president imprisoned for corruption, was released on ‌Thursday, his lawyer ‌said.

Saca, 61, served a reduced ⁠10-year ​sentence ⁠after pleading guilty to diverting ⁠and laundering more ​than $300 million from the ⁠state budget during ⁠his ​2004-2009 administration.

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