The High Court in Manizales (Caldas) sentenced the mayor of Puerto Boyacá for the year 2004, Luis Eduardo Álvarez Acevedo to six (6) years in prison for the offense of embezzlement.
A prosecutor belonging to the Specialized National Directorate of Prosecutor´s offices on Anticorruption brought charges against Meyer Reyes Bocanegra, David de Jesús Velásquez and the above mentioned former mayor, for the offense of misappropriation. They had been convicted in first instance by the 3rd Criminal Circuit Court in Manizales.