This Tuesday the trial against Arena’s former presidential candidate, Norman Quijano, ended and the ruling will be announced next Tuesday, April 16.
The Attorney General’s Office of the Republic asked the Second Criminal Chamber of San Salvador that the former president of the Legislative Assembly receive “the maximum penalties” granted by law for the crimes of illicit groups and electoral fraud.
“Today in the trial against Norman Quijano the final arguments were developed, where it was demonstrated with abundant evidence that in 2014 the former deputy negotiated with gangs in exchange for votes,” said the FGR.
Quijano, who has immunity for being a Parlacen deputy, does not physically appear at the hearing. The prosecution accuses him of the crimes of illicit groups and electoral fraud, allegedly committed during the 2014 presidential campaign.
According to the Prosecutor’s Office, Quijano met with gang members from the MS13 and Barrio 18 in offices located in the Flor Blanca neighborhood where he offered them money in exchange for votes in the second round of the 2014 presidential elections. The accusations are supported by some videos that were recorded and provided by a qualified witness.
The former right-wing presidential candidate promised to provide economic benefits and make government investments in areas controlled by gangs, as long as they voted for his candidacy and he won the elections. Finally, the winner of that electoral process was Professor Salvador Sánchez Cerén, of the FMLN.
He also promised gang members economic benefits, reducing the level of police operations against gangs and increasing the General Budget of the Nation for reintegration programs in favor of gangs.
Quijano has an arrest warrant for this case, since 2022.
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