Former Pueblo County Republican Treasurer Jeff Fogg is in jail in El Salvador, pending a court hearing on allegations of fraud involving employees at a company there called Express Loan Service, according to the El Salvador Times.

Ernesto Perez, a reporter at the newspaper, said Fogg was scheduled to have a court hearing Friday in the city of Santa Tecla.

Prosecutors initially wanted Fogg, 50, to reach a settlement with three employees at the company who claimed he owed $48,000, but he reportedly did not attend a scheduled hearing on Oct. 25. That resulted in his arrest on Nov. 16, according to the Spanish-language newspaper.

He's been in jail since then.

Fogg is also wanted in Pueblo County on a failure-to-appear charge after he missed a Nov. 17 district court hearing

He is facing trial on felony charges that he allegedly stole between $20,000 and $100,000 from the county GOP bank account during his time as treasurer, between April 2013 and July 2015.

County GOP officials claim Fogg used the money for his own purposes, such as air travel. He's also facing a charge that he misused the party's credit card during that period.

Fogg has denied the allegations.

His trial was set for Dec. 11, but that date was vacated after Fogg missed his November court appearance.

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