Protests in El Salvador due to arrest of ex-magistrate Chicas

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By Merlin Delcid, CNN en Español Former president of El Salvador’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal, Eugenio Chicas, was arrested Thursday for alleged illicit enrichment to the detriment of the Public Administration, a crime for which he had been convicted in a civil trial last November, the Attorney General’s Office reported in X. In the civil accusation, authorities maintain that Chicas failed to justify irregularities regarding his increase in asse…

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Protests in El Salvador due to arrest of ex-magistrate Chicas

The lawyer and former leader of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) was arrested on his way back from dropping his son off at school on Thursday morning. The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) published on its social networks that he was arrested for illicit enrichment, in detriment of the Public Administration, a crime for which he was convicted in November. The family mentions that he was in the street when he was arrested. Confi…

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The former president of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal of El Salvador, Eugenio Chicas, was arrested this Thursday for alleged illicit enrichment to the detriment of the Public Administration, a crime for which he had been convicted in a civil trial last November, reported in X the Attorney General’s Office. In the civil charge, the authorities maintain that Chicas did not

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Salvadoran authorities arrested Eugenio Chicas, former president of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), on Thursday on charges of "illicit enrichment" to the detriment of the public administration, the Prosecutor's Office reported. Chicas, who presided over the TSE between 2009 and 2014, "will have to answer criminally before the courts, where he will be presented in the coming days," the Attorney General's Office (FGR) assured on the social n…

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War Against Corruption: El Salvador’s Attorney General Arrests Former Official for Illicit Enrichment.

The Attorney General’s Office of El Salvador has executed the arrest of Eugenio Chicas Martínez, a former government official, on charges of illicit enrichment to the detriment of the Public Administration. Chicas, who will face criminal charges in the coming days, is accused of misappropriating state funds during his time in office. Chicas, who served as the presiding magistrate of the Supreme Electoral Court from 2009 to 2014, Secretary of Com…

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The Prosecutor’s Office confirmed that the arrest of Eugenio Chicas Martínez for the crime of illicit enrichment, to the detriment of the public administration, has been executed. In response to this, the President of the Republic, Nayib Bukele, reacted that this is part of the fight against corruption that in the past hit the country. According to the institution, in November 2024, he was convicted in a civil trial, to reinstate more than $200,…