Prosecutors arrested 13 suspects and asked Colombia’s Supreme Court to investigate seven (former) governors over their alleged involvement in the embezzlement of COP3 trillion ($941 million). While supposedly serving the interests of La Paz, the Sierra Nevada Mixed Fund allegedly used forged documents to illegally appropriate funds from the General Royalties System with the help of governors from at least five provinces. Among those whose cases were forwarded to the Supreme Court were the governors of Magdalena, Vichada, Amazonas Guaviare an Vaupes. Former Governors Rafael Martinez of Magdalena and Alvaro Leon of Vichada will also be investigated by the Supreme Court. A report by the now-defunct radio station W from that year showed that Sierra Nevada had been hired by authorities from throughout Colombia for a wide variety of projects, avoiding any open bidding procedure.