Police arrest former president Saca

Former Salvadoran president Tony Saca has been arrested for alleged illicit enrichment, unlawful association and money laundering, prosecutors said Saturday.

Saca held office from 2004 to 2009 for the rightist Nationalist Republican Alliance. Police said six former officials in his government were also arrested. Saca and two of the other suspects were arrested at the wedding of one of Saca’s children.

Prosecutors say Saca has not clarified the origins of $7 million (Canadian) of the $9 million in assets he acquired during his time in office.