El Salvador says wanted ex-president fled country
El Salvador says wanted ex-president fled country
AFP
May 6, 2014, 6:00 am
San Salvador (AFP) - El Salvador believes ex-president Francisco Flores fled the country, after being accused of misappropriating $5.3 million donated by Taiwan, authorities said Monday.
"We strongly suspect (Flores) left by sea on a yacht and went to Puerta del Sol marina in Aserradero, Nicaragua to refuel and then went on to Panama," Justice Minister Ricardo Perdomo told reporters.
There also is a conflicting report that Flores left El Salvador on a private plane for Panama, Perdomo added.
There is no legal migration record of Flores leaving the country or entering another country. But authorities suspect Flores left and may have entered Panama illegally, Perdomo said. Panama has a long history of granting political asylum.
Friday, legislature speaker Sigfrido Reyes asked Panama to help locate Flores, after a Panamanian media outlet reported Flores was in that country.
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Former Presidents George Bush and Francisco Flores[/center]