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Pilar Cisneros served summons during press conference to testify as suspect in alleged illegal campaign financing case

From La Nación · () Spanish

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  • A judicial process server handed Costa Rican lawmaker Pilar Cisneros a document identifying her as a suspect in an alleged illegal financing case.
  • The summons arrived at 3:10 p.m. during an improvised press conference outside the presidential residence.
  • The case concerns the alleged financing structure of the 2022 electoral campaign, and Cisneros questioned why authorities had not previously notified her.

Pilar Cisneros was handed a judicial summons while speaking at an improvised press conference outside Costa Rica’s presidential residence.

At 3:10 p.m., a court process server delivered the document stating that Cisneros is listed as a suspect in a criminal case concerning the alleged financing structure of the 2022 election campaign.

During the press conference, Cisneros questioned why authorities had been unable to notify her in the case before that moment.

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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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