Former president of the National Council of Drugs, Marino (Vincho) Castillo said that when he ended his term at the governmental organization in August 2000, he left behind an inventory of 319 vehicles that had been confiscated from drug traffickers and money launderers. He said a week into the Mejia administration, there were only five or six junk vehicles left as part of the inventory. He said that persons of influence in the past government, including former President Hipolito Mejia himself and Vice President Milagros Ortiz Bosch ordered those vehicles assigned to persons they recommended. He said that by law, no one can make use of those vehicles. He said among the vehicles there were several Mercedes Benz and BMWs.