Some $175 million that was allocated to finance the school food program that is meant to reduce child mortality in Colombia is unaccounted for, according to the Inspector General's Office.
The irregularities and failures that have plagued the government program additionally left half a million of Colombia's most vulnerable children without free school food in 2017 alone, the office said in a blistering report.
Vice - Inspector General Juan Carlos Cortes presented the results of an investigation into the program's failures and successes in Bogota on Tuesday.
According to Cortez, 40 municipal governments are investigated for possible fraud with the program that has been in place for more than 80 years.
Five provincial governments are also investigated because of irregularities in the outsourcing of the school food program.
Source: Colombia Reports
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