A judicial police group of the Special Directorate against Corruption of the Office of the Attorney General arrested four people who must face charges for alleged irregularities in the Pension Fund (Fondo de Pensiones de las Entidades Territoriales (Fonpet)) of the Ministry of Finance.

The detainees are Erwin Ramiro Contreras Ramos (Fonpet´s public servant); contractors Ángela María Penagos Trujillo, Camilo Alberto Ortiz Martinez and Irma Enciso Herrera.

All were charged with extortion and criminal conspiracy.