FGR obtains sentences of up to 180 years in prison for MS gang members

This Tuesday, the Second Criminal Chamber of San Salvador sentenced Norman Quijano to 13 years and four months in prison for the crimes of illicit groups and electoral fraud.

The magistrates sentenced the disqualified member of the Central American Parliament and former candidate for the presidency of ARENA in the 2014 elections for meeting with gangs and negotiating with the main leaders a series of benefits in exchange for them voting for him and electing him president. , an action classified as electoral fraud.

The Chamber, after evaluating a series of evidence consisting of videos, testimonies and documents, considered that the politician committed the two crimes and his illegal actions should be punished with prison.

It was an ideal conviction, meaning that with only one person he committed both crimes. And the law says that you should be convicted of the crime that has the most serious penalty and in this case electoral fraud, which has 10 years and the third penalty should be increased.

To issue their ruling, the magistrates evaluated videos that the gang leaders themselves recorded and where Norman Quijano can be seen meeting and asking them to revoke their decision to prevent people from going to vote and that all gang members be told to vote. by the ARENA party.

In exchange, the former official tells them that he will invest $100 million to benefit the gangs, that these funds will come from the general budget of the nation.

The Chamber also had at its disposal the statement given virtually by the designated witness Noé, one of the ringleaders who appeared at the meeting with Quijano, what was said by the witness, complemented and reinforced the videos presented as evidence by the Prosecutor’s Office.

At the public hearing, the Attorney General’s Office presented information about that meeting between Quijano and the gangs at the beginning of March 2014 at the church headquarters of a network of pastors, in the Flor Blanca neighborhood.

In addition to the $100 million offered, there were payments of money, the MS was given $50,000, and the two factions of gang 18, $25,000 each.

#CRONIO Former deputy Norman Quijano has received a sentence of 13 years and 4 months in prison for the crimes of electoral fraud and illicit groups.

In addition, he was disqualified from holding the position he currently holds.

— Cronio Digital Newspaper (@croniosv) April 16, 2024