Former president Elías Antonio Saca leaves prison and goes to the Isidro Menéndez Judicial Center
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Former president Elías Antonio Saca, who governed from 2004 to 2009, left prison and appeared on Thursday afternoon, October 29, at the Isidro Menéndez Judicial Center in San Salvador to complete paperwork tied to his release, according to El Diario de Hoy and Infobae. Saca served his ten-year prison sentence, five years for embezzlement and five for money and asset laundering, handed down in 2018 in a summary proceeding in which he admitted the facts; he had been arrested on October 30, 2016. According to El Diario de Hoy, he arrived with Élmer Charlaix, the Presidency's former private secretary, and avoided making statements to reporters. The same outlet noted that the Attorney General's Office said the assets linked to the case will remain in state custody.
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