The former chief of the National Police, retired Major General Jaime Marte Martinez, classified the report that he was assigned 15 of the stolen vehicles recovered by the police as being false and full of lies. He said the story contains inconsistencies and irregularities and was the result of an investigational committee that never questioned him. He denied using or having assigned himself any such vehicles, or having given orders to others to assign them The scandal became public recently as recovered stolen vehicles that were not returned to their owners were instead being used by police officers. Marte spoke to the press after meeting with prosecutors at the district attorney’s office. He has not given a public explanation on the case of the stolen vehicles during his term.