FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2018 file photo, El Salvador's former President Tony Saca attends an audience with a judge at the Isidro Menendez Judicial Complex in San Salvador, El Salvador, regarding charges of embezzling hundreds of millions of dollars in government funds in return for a lighter sentence. On Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, Saca was sentenced to 10 years in prison. less
FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2018 file photo, El Salvador's former President Tony Saca attends an audience with a judge at the Isidro Menendez Judicial Complex in San Salvador, El Salvador, regarding charges of ... more
Photo: Salvador Melendez, AP
Salvadoran ex-President Saca gets 10 years for corrutpion
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A court in El Salvador has sentenced former President Tony Saca to 10 years in prison for corruption.
The 53-year-old ex-leader was accused of diverting more than $300 million in state funds to favor his businesses and third parties.