El Salvador corruption: 'New evidence' against ex-president

26 April 2014 Last updated at 20:18 ET
El Salvador corruption: 'New evidence' against ex-president

El Salvador President Mauricio Funes has said there is new incriminating evidence against former President Florencio Flores, who is facing corruption allegations. Mr Funes said prosecutors in Costa Rica found bank accounts in the name of Mr Flores. The former president had denied under oath having any accounts abroad.

The government accuses Mr Flores, who governed between 1999 and 2004, of misusing funds donated by Taiwan.

Mr Flores told a congressional panel in January that he had received cheques worth $10m (£6.5m) from Taiwan during the last two years of his presidency. But Mr Flores denied the funds were for his personal use. He said Taiwan donated the money to El Salvador.

"I would like to say that I have never deposited a cheque from Taiwan's government in any account; that is key for me, to make clear that I have never deposited a cheque from Taiwan's government in any account," Mr Flores told the congressional panel set up to trace the money.

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