sentences:  He worked through his subsidiary "Grupo Progreso Latinoamericana", supported by "Banco Consolidado" of José Alvarez Stelling, and "Grupo Banco Unión".A small group of shareholders, all members of the Caracas Country Club, joined with the "Banco Provincial", the powerful industrial group "Grupo Polar", and Finalven to oppose the takeover.BdV hired Thor Halvorssen Hellum, Special Commissioner for International Narcotic Affairs in the administration of President Carlos Andrés Pérez, to investigate rumors of money laundering by Castro.