Mauricio Funes, former president of El Salvador, passed away on January 21 in Nicaragua due to a serious illness following his hospitalization after a heart attack. Funes, who served from 2009 to 2014, was seen as a beacon of hope for El Salvador but was later implicated in significant corruption scandals, leading to emigration to Nicaragua in 2016. He faced various legal challenges, culminating in a conviction for corruption, including embezzlement and allowing gang proliferation, ultimately receiving a total sentence of 28 years in absentia during his death.
Mauricio Funes, the first modern-day leftist president of El Salvador, died at 65 in Nicaragua, having faced multiple corruption charges and a prison sentence.
Funes' presidency aimed to address crime and poverty in El Salvador but ended with him fleeing to Nicaragua under investigation for embezzlement and corruption.
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