El Salvador ex-officials, businessmen under investigation in $184 million corruption case
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -Shut to twenty former Salvadoran officers and two businessmen are below investigation for ties to the diversion of $184 million from the state throughout ex-President Salvador Sanchez Ceren’s administration, the legal professional common’s workplace stated on Monday.
The investigation was introduced in a collection of tweets.
Amongst these below investigation, in response to the legal professional common’s workplace, are two of Sanchez Ceren’s former presidential aides: Manuel Arturo Ayala and Jorge Antonio Revelo.
The previous presidential treasurer, Daysi Armida Diaz, can be below investigation.
Among the many businessmen listed below investigation is Alexander Benitez, the proprietor of two native companies the place authorities allege the stolen cash was despatched.
The 4 folks named by Reuters have been arrested and detained, in response to the legal professional common’s workplace, which tweeted pictures of them collectively in detention.
Reuters was unable to contact the accused or their legal professionals after enterprise hours.
“ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THREE MILLION DOLLARS!” President Nayib Bukele wrote on Twitter in response to the information of the investigation.
Sanchez Seren was president from 2014 to 2019 and the instant predecessor to Bukele.
(Reporting by Nelson Renteria in San Salvador and Kylie Madry in Mexico Metropolis; Modifying by Isabel Woodford and Jamie Freed)
