better known as Mauricio Funes, died Tuesday local time in exile in Nicaragua where Daniel Ortega's Sandinista regime had granted him citizenship, the Health Ministry announced in a statement.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Former El Salvador President Mauricio Funes, who spent the final years of his life in ...

Nicaragua's government, which granted asylum to Martinelli in February last year, has in the past granted asylum to two former presidents of nearby El Salvador, Mauricio Funes and Salvador Sanchez.

Nicaragua, under the government of Daniel Ortega and his wife Rosario Murillo, has given refuge in recent years to foreigners with pending cases with the justice system, including the former ...

Panama has approved safe passage for former President Ricardo Martinelli to leave the country and relocate to Nicaragua, ...

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.