Third verdict of the court of San Salvador sentenced former Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes to six years in prison this Wednesday for evasion about $85,000.

“This trial on behalf of the Republic of El Salvador fails: the defendant Carlos Mauricio Funes Cartagena is sentenced to six years in prison for the crime tax fraud in the form of tax evasion, the court ruled, according to a Salvadoran newspaper World.

In addition, the former president must pay $200,000 civil liability.

The judges finally handed down the minimum sentence, while The prosecutor’s office asked for eight years in prison. They also added that the declaration “was a deliberate and disguised act” as his income tax return did not match his income in 2014.

“We are not in danger of losing but in front of the person who acted (…), since it was impossible to establish that it was a person other than the one who made the statement, which makes him the main culprit of the crime of tax fraud in which he stated false information, ”they added. court.

Although Funes’s defense, which declared itself “agreeing” with the verdict, assured that the former president was not notified of the violations until 2020, The court assured that it received up to four notifications from the Ministry of Finance. and that the convicted person knew about the whole process.

During the trial, the prosecution assured that Funes deducted €78,000 from his rent between January and December 2014. through “cash deposits, credit cards, purchases of vehicles, weapons and maintenance services” and that he declared $76,000 when he should have declared $271,000.