Former El Salvador President Francisco Flores has taken all his alleged secrets to his grave, as the 56-year-old ex-president suffered a fatal cerebral hemorrhage on Saturday, Jan. 30, in San Salvador, his party has announced, according to The New York Times.

Flores had been under house arrest since November 2014 after he was accused of illegal wealth and embezzling donations that were given to the country during his tenure as the president. In December, he was ordered by a Salvadoran judge to stand trial.

At the center of his allegations lie $15 million, which was given as a donation by the Taiwanese government to help the country recover after being hit by a powerful earthquake in 2001. According to his political enemies, the $5 million of the money went to his personal bank accounts, while the remaining $10 million was distributed to his political allies.

None of the money, at least according to the allegations against him, were ever given to the people.

Flores was part of the Nationalist Republican Alliance, better known as ARENA, which saw his rapid rise to the country's political ranks. When he took office in 1999 as the country's president, he was noted for being the youngest person to ever hold the country's most esteemed title.

Chron News stated that during his tenure, the country suffered a number of natural calamities, including two consecutive earthquakes in January and February 2001. Later during the year, the country was also hit by a drought which severely crippled the nation's coffee industry.

It was the aid from the Taiwanese government that was given after the 2001 earthquakes that ultimately sealed the ex-president's reputation. During his rise to power, he established himself as a peacemaker, a pacifist by heart. As soon as he held office, however, many things that people knew about him changed.

By the end of his presidency, most Salvadorans considered him as one of the worst presidents to ever take office. An avid supporter of the United States, he initiated the transition of the country to the adoption of the U.S. dollar as its official currency, much to the public's chagrin.

He was also noted to have embraced the country's elite while neglecting the working class. In fact, a large number of Salvadorans thought of Flores as a president with a lot of hubris and an arrogant style of government.

The charges against him were embraced by a lot of people which was seen by many as justice being served. Though he might have escaped prosecution due to his death, authorities, especially those who were critical of the ex-president, vow to pursue civil litigation nonetheless, in order for the alleged stolen funds to be recovered.