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El Salvador releases woman sentenced to 30 years in jail for abortion in 2013

Zacatecoluca, Jun 7 (EFE).- A Salvadoran woman serving a 30-year prison term for allegedly aborting the fetus she was carrying was released on Monday after the Attorney General's Office decided not to overturn the conditional release granted her by a court.The Public Ministry reported Friday that it would not appeal the ruling because "there are no elements on which to base the said appeal, since it fulfills all the requirements to provide her with the benefit (of conditional release)."Sara Rogel was sentenced to 30 years behind bars in September 2013 and had her sentence commuted last January, meaning that her sentence was reduced to 10 years, according to what lawyer Karla Vaquerano told reporters on Monday. (Camera: VLADIMIR CHICAS).SHOT LIST: SARA ROGEL, A WOMEN WHO WAS SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS IN JAIL OVER ABORTION, WAS RELEASED FROM ZACATECOLUCA PENITENTIARY FARM, IN ZACATECOLUCA, EL SALVADOR. SOUND BITE: LAWYER KARLA VAQUERANO (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: Sara was granted conditional release. Thanks to the commutation of sentences, she no longer has to serve 30 years in jail. Her sentence is now reduced to 10 years.