San Salvador Special Criminal Court C, this monday The gangs sentenced former president Mauricio Funes to 14 years in prison for the ceasefire. Also, he was sentenced 18 years prison David Victoriano Munguia Payes, former Minister of Justice and Security.
The expert judge’s judgment on Funes, compiled by the Salvadoran newspaper ‘El’, states that “(the former president) was sentenced to eight years in prison for committing crimes against illegal groups and six years in prison for misconduct.” Mundo’.
Munguia, the former Minister of Justice and Security, was sentenced to a total of 18 years in prison, eight for illegal groups, six for abuse of power and four for arbitrary acts.
The judge bases his decision on witnesses, experts and documents that he deems useful, appropriate and lawful and proving that crimes have been committed. Crimes sentenced for the defendants.
It was stated that the two political leaders had information and control over the illegal acts carried out within the framework of agreements made with the Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha MS13 gangs in 2011 and 2013.
Thus, meetings between gangs, visits of women to prisons, orchestras entering parties, transfer of gang members to other prisons or visits of mediators to prisons without complying with the protocol are accredited.
The directors of prisons “did not have the power to decide to commit these illegal acts.” The text emphasizes that “The President and the minister knew everything exactly”.
“Historical” decision
From the prosecutor’s office, they underlined the “historical” nature of the decision. “We are pleased with the decision made by the judge because it constitutes a historic decision because the accused is the former President for deliberation,” he said in a video released by the Attorney General’s Office (FGR). . .
FGR chairman Rodolfo Delgado also congratulated him on the decision. “We were able to confirm that these two former officials charged with protecting the Salvadorans were trading their lives in exchange for electoral favors by pretending to be gang members. We continue to fight to ensure that the deaths do not go unpunished.” .
However, former Minister Munguia condemned this decision as “revenge”, which he saw as a “political prisoner”. “They’re accusing me of baseless accusations just because I’m the Minister of Security,” he said.
“There were four people who put this case together: two prosecutors and two star witnesses deserting because they were accused gang members,” El Piwa said, referring to their nickname. Nicknames ‘Noé’ according to Radio YSKL radio station.