EL SALVADOR’S top prosecutors said today that they were seeking the arrest of former president Francisco Flores on charges of embezzlement, illegal enrichment and disobedience.

Attorney General Luis Martinez said that prosecutors had evidence that Mr Flores embezzled around $5.3 million.

Mr Flores also allegedly mismanaged another $10m that was donated a decade ago by Taiwan’s government during his presidency from 1999 to 2004, according to fiscal crimes prosecutor Tobias Menjivar.

And the ex-leader is accused of disobedience for failing to show up for a meeting with a congressional commission charged with investigating what happened with the money that Taiwan donated.

Mr Menjivar said that it would be up to presiding Judge Marata Rosales to request Interpol’s help in arresting the former president, whose whereabouts are presently unknown.

Mr Flores is a member of the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance which held the Salvadoran presidency for 20 years until 2009.