Detención de empresario genera cuestionamientos sobre su cercanía con figuras oficialistas

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• «Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rica’s government is seeking to shift public attention away from unanswered questions about the apparent proximity of businessman Guobin Tam Zhang to senior figures in the ruling party, the Partido Pueblo Soberano (PPSO)» [1]

• «Tam, whom Costa Rican authorities have described as a suspected drug-trafficking money launderer, was arrested in October during a joint operation involving the Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ), the Policia Constrol de Drogas (PCD) and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)» [1]

• «The arrest brought renewed scrutiny to photographs showing Tam at two private events attended by prominent government supporters» [1]

• «One image placed him among guests at a February electoral celebration for the ruling Chavista movement at San José’s Aurola Hotel» [1]

• «Another showed him seated near then-President Rodrigo Chaves, President-elect Laura Fernández and several PPSO legislators during an April event in the Cristo Rey neighborhood» [1]

• «The April gathering was held to inaugurate a building connected to Obras del Espíritu Santo, a charitable organization led by Catholic priest Sergio Valverde, and to mark Costa Rica’s National Cooperative Day» [1]

• «The event also included Freddy González, secretary-general of the PPSO and one of the country’s most visible cooperative movement leaders» [1]

• «Neither the government nor the ruling party has provided a clear explanation of how Tam gained access to the events, who invited him or why he was permitted to sit near senior political figures» [1]

• «Mayuli Ortega, president of PPSO, said the party was examining how Tam attended the February celebration» [1]

• «Ten days later, there was still no public account of the findings» [1]

• «The government has offered no comparable investigation into the April event» [1]

• «Obras del Espíritu Santo said it did not know in what capacity Tam attended and denied responsibility for organizing the gathering» [1]

• «González has not publicly explained his contact with Tam or the businessman’s presence at the event» [1]

• «Fernández addressed the issue at a news conference on October 7, after several days of public criticism» [1]

• «She denied having any relationship with Tam and argued that a photograph or brief encounter could not establish a connection to criminal activity» [1]