Key facts
- Former Salvadoran President Elias Antonio Saca was released from prison on Thursday.
- Saca served a reduced 10-year sentence for corruption.
- He pleaded guilty to diverting and laundering over $300 million from the state budget.
- Saca's assets will remain under state custody.
Elías Antonio "Tony" Saca, a former Salvadoran president, was released from prison on Thursday after serving a reduced 10-year sentence for corruption. Saca, 61, had pleaded guilty to diverting and laundering more than $300 million from the state budget during his 2004-2009 administration. The prosecutor's office stated that assets linked to Saca will remain under state custody.