Costa Rica’s Attorney General Emilia Navas ordered this Wednesday morning the search of the house and offices of congressmen Otto Guevara and Victor Morales Zapata as well as the vice-ministry of Treasury (Ministerio de Hacienda) Fernando Rodriguez.

The police arrived at the “pink house” or Congress offices (Asamblea Legislativa) along with the Attorney General and forced their entry to the offices of the two representatives where they proceeded to seize documents and technology. The Public Ministry confirmed a total of 7 searches, in the houses and offices of the three men and their advisers. The main offices of Treasury and the Sion building where Zapata’s office is located also received the visit of the police officers.

Guevara has served as a congressman for several periods and has run for the presidency of Costa Rica as the main figure of the political party Movimiento Libertario.

The police operations have to do with the investigation related to the China Cement corruption scandal and for which there are currently seven people in preventive prison.

The relationship between Guevara, Zapata and businessman Juan Carlos Bolaños has been object of investigation for several months now.

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