U.S. names El Salvador president's aide on "corrupt officials" list


  • World
  • Tuesday, 18 May 2021

Sigfrido Reyes leaves after a news conference at the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 5, 2018. Picture taken on March 5, 2018. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) -A U.S. State Department report on Central American officials "credibly alleged" to be corrupt includes a member of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele's cabinet and a former minister, according to an extract of the document leaked on Monday.

The report also includes two opposition figures and a lawmaker in Bukele's alliance. A U.S. congressional aide told Reuters that the document circulating in El Salvador media was accurate.

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