圣萨尔瓦多，10月29日——前萨尔瓦多总统埃利亚斯·安东尼奥·“托尼”·萨卡因腐败被判入狱10年后获释，他的律师表示，萨卡与律师一同走出法院大楼。
SAN SALVADOR, Oct 29 - Elias Antonio "Tony" Saca, a former Salvadoran president imprisoned for corruption, was released on Thursday, his lawyer said, standing alongside the politician as they exited a courthouse.
萨卡现年61岁，在承认在2004年至2009年任期内挪用和洗钱超过3亿美元国家预算后，服刑了减刑后的10年。
Saca, 61, served a reduced 10-year sentence after pleading guilty to diverting and laundering more than $300 million from the state budget during his 2004-2009 administration.
他的律师马里奥·马查多表示，前总统已完整服满刑期，未获得提前释放的优惠。马查多说：“10年已全部服完。”
His lawyer, Mario Machado, said the former president had served his sentence in full without receiving early-release benefits. "The 10 years were completed," Machado said.
“我们今日来到法院正式报告释放。这是昨天才提出的。”尽管萨卡于2018年被判刑，但刑期被回溯至2016年，当时他在儿子婚礼期间被捕。认罪协议使萨卡得以将可能判处的30年刑期减为10年。
"We have come to the court to formally report the release. This was requested just yesterday." Although Saca was sentenced in 2018, his prison term was backdated to 2016, when he was arrested during his son’s wedding. A plea deal allowed Saca to reduce a potential 30-year sentence.
萨卡是四名面临腐败指控的萨尔瓦多总统之一，但其他前领导人避免了入狱的前景。毛里西奥·富内斯和萨尔瓦多·桑切斯·切伦逃往尼加拉瓜，弗朗西斯科·弗洛雷斯则在审判开始前去世。
Saca is one of four Salvadoran presidents to have faced corruption charges, although the other former leaders avoided the prospect of jail time. Mauricio Funes and Salvador Sanchez Ceren fled to Nicaragua, and Francisco Flores died before his trial could begin.
萨卡是一名商人和电台播音员，曾作为保守派民族主义共和联盟（ARENA）成员担任总统。
Saca, a businessman and radio broadcaster, served as president as part of the conservative Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA).
2014年，他因被该党开除后，曾试图以全国大团结联盟（GANA）候选人身份重返总统职位，但最高法院裁定其参选违宪。
In 2014, after his expulsion from the party, he sought to return to the presidency with the Grand Alliance for National Unity (GANA), but the Supreme Court ruled his candidacy unconstitutional.
检察官指控萨卡挪用国家资金用于个人用途并帮助其盟友，包括向本党输送大量资金。萨卡被另案下令向国家偿还数百万美元。
Prosecutors had alleged that Saca diverted state funds for personal use and to benefit his allies, including by funneling large sums of money to his party. Saca was ordered in separate civil proceedings to repay millions of dollars to the state.