The former minister is accused of receiving $ 3,757,000 from the ex-president’s accounts, but the source is from state accounts. Figueroa’s wife has also been implicated in receiving illegal funds in excess of $ 100,000.
Former Minister of Security in the Saca government, René Figueroa, was formally charged with money laundering and embezzlement (misappropriation of public funds). The charges include the wife of the former civil servant, Cecilia Coronada Alvarenga de Figueroa.
The Attorney General’s Office accuses Figueroa of receiving $ 3,757,000 from Radiodifusión de El Salvador, SA DE CV and the personal account of former President Elías Antonio Saca.
For her part, Figueroa’s wife is said to have received $ 4,000 from Radiodifusión de El Salvador SA de CV and Nueva Orleans SA de CV; but he would also have received $ 100,000 from account number 0025-10021923 in the name of Sociedad Radiodifusión de El Salvador SA, the CV
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The accusation against Figueroa and his wife stems from the tax investigation that found them to be stolen from the institutional accounts of the Saca government government and destined for the ex-president’s personal and business accounts, including Radiodifusión de El Salvador SA de CV
Saca and several of his senior officials were convicted in 2018 of stealing $ 301 million from the state through bills of the republic’s presidency. The ex-president confessed to stealing and is paying a 10-year sentence in Mariona Prison.
César Funes (former ANDA president), Elmer Charlaix (former private secretary) and Julio Rank, who died last year while finishing his sentence at home for taking advantage of the former governor, are serving short sentences for being linked to the case. his state of health and because he had already served a third of the sentence.
Figueroa, another trusted man of Saca and a partner, said he volunteered to the authorities and pleaded not guilty. However, the lawsuit against him continues and several properties have been seized, including homes, and bank accounts have been frozen.
Until now, the woman is processed in freedom.