On Monday, the Office of the Attorney General arrested former secretary of education of Cartagena, Germán Arturo Sierra Anaya on Monday as a result of home search proceedings; the legal representative of the Foundation ‘Fundación Redcom’, Gladys Amanda Muñoz Bravo; the legal representative of Proescolar 2016 consortium, Sandra Milena Mercado Santoya and David Reynaldo Camacho Benítez. The supervisor of the mayor’s Office, Mayiris Gómez Ballestas, was arrested after entering the district education secretariat, place where she works.

These people are considered responsible for committing irregularities with the school meals program (Programa de Alimentación Escolar PAE) in Bolívar.