SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes, who spent the final years of his life in Nicaragua to avoid various criminal sentences, died late Tuesday. He was 65.

Daniel Ortega. Mr. Funes was granted Nicaraguan citizenship to thwart extradition demands from El Salvador after he was convicted and sentenced in absentia. Mr. Funes denied any wrongdoing and ...

Funes governed El Salvador from 2009 to 2014. He lived his final nine years under the protection of Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega, whose government had given him citizenship, allowing him to ...