El Salvador ex-rebel claims victory in tight presidential election


  • World
  • Monday, 10 Mar 2014

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Former Marxist guerrilla leader Salvador Sanchez Ceren claimed victory in Sunday's presidential election, as results showed he had a wafer-thin lead over his conservative rival with almost all votes counted.

Sanchez Ceren of the ruling Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN), the rebel group in the country's 1980-1992 civil war, had 50.11 percent of the vote with returns in from 99.95 percent of polling stations.

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