El Salvador’s former president, Mauricio Funes, who came into politics after a career as a whistleblowing journalist, died Tuesday night in Nicaragua at the age of 65. Funes spent his last years in exile in Nicaragua to avoid serving several convictions for corruption and negotiating with gangs. The Nicaraguan Health Ministry confirmed in a statement the death, which it attributed to “his serious chronic condition.”
Former El Salvador president Mauricio Funes dies in exile in Nicaragua
El Salvador’s former president, Mauricio Funes, who came into politics after a career as a whistleblowing journalist, died Tuesday night in Nicaragua at the age of 65. Funes spent his last years in exile in Nicaragua to avoid serving several convictions for corruption and negotiating with gangs. The Nicaraguan Health Ministry confirmed in a statement the death, which it attributed to “his serious chronic condition.”