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Weekly Report - 16 August 2018 (WR-18-32)
EL SALVADOR: Saca scandal shakes El Salvador
Former president Tony Saca (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista [Arena], 2004-2009) has become El Salvador’s first former head of state to face imprisonment for corruption: last week he pleaded guilty to money laundering and embezzlement charges to the tune of some US$301m. The fallout from his plea and revelations of his misdemeanours could prove damaging ahead of the 2019 presidential election, not only for Arena (which ejected Saca in 2009) but other parties such as the opposition right-of-centre Gran Alianza por la Unidad Nacional (Gana) which he helped set up in 2010.
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