The presenter Regina Cañas was sentenced to three years in prison, which will be replaced by community work, for covering up the embezzlement of funds by Mauricio Funes.
Television presenter Regina Cañas Rivera, known as “Tia Bubu”, was sentenced to three years in prison this afternoon for the crime of concealment in the crime of money laundering committed by the fugitive ex-president Mauricio Funes, confirmed the Attorney General’s Office. the Republic (FGR).
However, the FGR itself and Cañas Rivera’s defense lawyer, Arnau Baulenas, indicated that the sentence will be replaced by works of public utility that have not yet been specified by the judge in the case.
The Seventh Court of Instruction found Regina Cañas guilty on March 23 of the crime of covering up money laundering, an act committed by the fugitive ex-president Mauricio Funes. Video EDH / Damaris Girón.
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Faced with this, “Aunt Bubu” said she was satisfied with the sentence because “I’m going to go back to my life and do what people have seen me do, which is work and work,” he said. express the ex-wife of the fugitive Mauricio Funes, who gave brief statements to the press after the sentencing.
Baulenas also explained that, although the details of the sentence handed down by the Seventh Court of Instruction are not known, Cañas Rivera regains his freedom without restrictions as “there are no documents or expertise that show that Regina has received public funds “.
The TV presenter reached an agreement with the Attorney General’s Office to minimize the penalty for the crime charged against her: in return, she had to accept the crime and accept a civil liability that will be determined by the court.
According to Arnau Baulenas, defense lawyer for “Tia Bubu”, with this decision the television presenter regains her freedom without restrictions. Photo: EDH / Francisco Rubio
On this, the Prosecutor’s Office has managed to compensate $ 95,000 that Funes had given to her son to invest them in the business of buying vehicles, money that came from the public treasury.
Diego Funes was pointed out by the Probation Section of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) for failing to justify the sum of $ 118,600 he had invested in the purchase of vehicles.
In the estate statement filed by Diego (for being a Politically Exposed Person), Regina Canyes and Mauricio Funes forged a $ 95,000 contract to justify the vehicles, however, the money was originally from the public treasury.
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In the confession made by the same TV presenter explained that the sum of $ 95,000 had arisen because it was an amount that she could justify by a bank loan she had made earlier.
Cañas Rivera was prosecuted in the Public Looting case, of which the fugitive Mauricio Funes is noted for having led a structure that extracted $ 351 million from the state in its management period. In the case is also being prosecuted Diego Roberto, the son of both.