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Costa Rica AG says new joint DEA ops will target politicians, businessmen
Attorney General Carlo Diaz says the second phase of joint missions will target business leaders and politicians, as homicide rates reached 17.2 per 100,000 in 2023.
- Costa Rica will deepen cooperation with the US Drug Enforcement Administration to target what Attorney General Carlo Diaz calls 'invisible drug traffickers'—business executives and politicians hiding alleged links to the drug trade behind respectable public profiles.
- The Central American nation serves as a key corridor shifting narcotics from South America to the US, with authorities deeming traffickers responsible for a surge in homicide rates that peaked at 906 killings in 2023.
- Diaz hailed Costa Rica's ability to extradite nationals as a watershed moment, noting 6 people have been sent to the US with another 25 extradition proceedings underway targeting professionals or politicians acting as fronts for illicit activity.
- Attorney General Diaz, re-elected on Monday to another four-year term, has clashed repeatedly with President Laura Fernandez, rejecting her suggestion last month to allow US armed forces to operate on territory.
- Fernandez has aligned Costa Rica with President Donald Trump's Shield of the Americas initiative and built a 5,100-capacity prison modeled on El Salvador's security crackdown, though Diaz questioned whether this approach addresses the country's distinct criminal landscape.
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Costa Rica AG says new joint DEA ops will target politicians, businessmen
Costa Rica will deepen cooperation with the US Drug Enforcement Administration to target what the nation's newly re-elected attorney general calls "invisible drug traffickers," including business executives and politicians hiding alleged links to the drug trade behind respectable public profiles.
·London, United Kingdom
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