sentences:  On November 21, 2006, Rafael García Torres, the former Information Technologies Chief of the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) ("Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad") was questioned by the Supreme Court after being arrested and charged with taking bribes from paramilitaries and narcotraffickers in exchange for erasing or altering their judicial history from the state intelligence database.García claimed to have knowledge of Jorge 40's plans to corrupt congressmen and install those friendly to his causes.García had already contended that former chief of DAS Jorge Noguera maintained a close relationship with "Jorge 40" and that they met several times to talk about local politics, including support for candidates in the 2003] municipal, gubernatorial and presidential elections, among them the Magdalena Department governor Trino Luna and in the Cesar Department with Hernando Molina Araújo, among others.