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Bogotá, 27 - The Attorney General of Colombia said that 610 million pesos were embezzled from Ecopetrol's Cartagena Refinery (Reficar) modernization funds and accused eight executives linked to the company of committing crimes against public interest and the economic and social order. Prosecutors found irregular payments made by Reficar after Glencore sold its stake in the refinery to Ecopetrol, in 2009. According to them, payments were "unreasonable, disproportional and were unrelated to the project." Juan Manuel Holguín / Agência CMA Translation by Ricardo Gozzi