Simplify the following text for a Grade 12 native English-speaking person.
Original: Although reports circulated that PaveliÄ had fled to Paraguay to work for the Stroessner regime , his whereabouts remained unknown until late 1959 , when it was learned that he had been granted asylum in Spain .
Simplified: Although there were reports that he had fled to work for the Stroessner regime in Paraguay , PaveliÄ 's whereabouts remained unknown until late 1959 , where it was learned that he had been granted asylum in Spain .