 In outside of Africa now, prosecutors in El Salvador say they have formally charged former presidents Salvador Sánchez, Seren and nine other former officials with illicit enrichment and money laundering. The charges are related to crimes allegedly committed when Sánchez, Seren, served as vice president in the administration of President Mauricio Funes from 2009 to 2014. Sánchez, Seren left the country in December and has not returned. The nine other former top officials in the Funes administration were also charged in an alleged illegal scheme to pay exorbitant bonuses. Now, four of them are also at large. The scheme allegedly involved 351 million dollars in government funds that were used to make illegal payment to government employees and their associates. The case has become known as the public looting scandal. Now, Sánchez, Seren, who went on to serve as president from 2014 to 2019, allegedly received 530 thousand dollars from the scheme. Hello, hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.