MySQL Trigger only runs partially - mysql

Question

I am trying to implement a trigger which transfers multiple records from 4 different tables to another set of 4 tables (denoted by the _history suffix) which have the same schema.
The trigger is as follows
DELIMITER //
create trigger shift_to_history
before update on event_ledger
for each row
begin
declare id,event_id,communication_number,communication_flag,slot_number,room_id,status_level,prev_status_level int default 0;
declare msg text;
declare req_date,end_date,start_date date;
declare purpose varchar(30);
declare misc_ledger_cursor cursor for select * from misc_ledger where event_id = old.event_id;
declare resource_communication_cursor cursor for select * from resource_communication where event_id = old.event_id;
declare slots_and_details_cursor cursor for select * from slots_and_details where event_id = old.event_id;
declare event_communication_cursor cursor for select * from event_communication where event_id = old.event_id;
insert into event_ledger_history values(old.event_id,old.event_name,old.description,old.username,old.start_date,old.end_date);
open misc_ledger_cursor;
begin
declare finished int default 0;
DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET finished = 1;
misc_ledger_transfer: loop
fetch misc_ledger_cursor into event_id,communication_number,req_date,msg,communication_flag;
if finished = 1 then
leave misc_ledger_transfer;
end if;
insert into misc_ledger_history values (event_id,communication_number,req_date,msg,communication_flag);
end loop misc_ledger_transfer;
end;
close misc_ledger_cursor;
delete from misc_ledger where event_id = old.event_id;
open resource_communication_cursor;
begin
declare finished int default 0;
DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET finished = 1;
resource_coms_transfer: loop
fetch resource_communication_cursor into event_id,msg,communication_number,communication_flag;
if finished = 1 then
leave resource_coms_transfer;
end if;
insert into resource_communication_history values (event_id,msg,communication_number,communication_flag);
delete from resource_communication where id = event_id;
end loop resource_coms_transfer;
end;
close resource_communication_cursor;
open event_communication_cursor;
begin
declare finished int default 0;
DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET finished = 1;
event_coms_transfer: loop
fetch event_communication_cursor into event_id,msg,communication_number,communication_flag;
if finished = 1 then
leave event_coms_transfer;
end if;
insert into event_communication_history values (event_id,msg,communication_number,communication_flag);
end loop event_coms_transfer;
end;
close event_communication_cursor;
delete from event_communication where event_id = old.event_id;
open slots_and_details_cursor;
begin
declare finished int default 0;
DECLARE CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND SET finished = 1;
slots_and_details_transfer: loop
fetch slots_and_details_cursor into id,event_id,slot_number,room_id,start_date,end_date,status_level,prev_status_level,purpose,msg;
if finished = 1 then
leave slots_and_details_transfer;
end if;
insert into slots_and_details_history values (id,event_id,slot_number,room_id,start_date,end_date,status_level,prev_status_level,purpose,msg);
end loop slots_and_details_transfer;
end;
close slots_and_details_cursor;
delete from slots_and_details where event_id = old.event_id;
end//
DELIMITER ;
The Trigger runs only till
insert into event_ledger_history values(old.event_id,old.event_name,old.description,old.username,old.start_date,old.end_date);
After which it does not do anything.The MySQL Terminal gives a success message but the desired output is not achieved. ie The remaining history tables are till empty (the ones which use the cursor).
I reffered to MySQL stored procedure, handling multiple cursors and query results but did not receive favorable results.