Former guerrillas take over in El Salvador

The Central American country of El Salvador, inaugurated a new president Monday. Former journalist Mauricio Funes became El Salvador´s first left wing president in decades.

Before seeking power at the ballot box, Funes´s party the FMLN, fought a bloody civil war against government forces in the 1980s. For some Salvadoreans, this election marks- a turning point in their country´s history.  Karla Aguilar reports from La Libertad.