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Costa Rica asks Nicaragua to monitor its border to prevent the smuggling of Costa Rican gold

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Q COSTARICA — Costa Rican Security Minister Mario Zamora stated this Monday that illegal miners are extracting gold in the country to process and sell it in Nicaragua. He urged the neighboring country to increase surveillance along the border river San Juan, where a smuggling route exists. “The theft of Costa Rican gold is carried out by small-scale miners who use smuggling routes that cross the San Juan River and reach the northern country (Nic…

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The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Arnoldo André Tinoco, sent a note to the Nicaraguan Foreign Ministry in which he asked to intensify the patrolling operations in the San Juan River, which separates the two nations. “We respectfully and in the best sense of good neighbourliness, ask to intensify the patrolling of the San Juan River, especially in the stretch that goes from Las Mercedes to the San Carlos River, to prevent the partially processed o…

* The regime of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo published an official statement to deny that mining activity in Nicaragua is opaque and illegal. * The Attorney General's Office of the Nicaraguan Republic reacted to a complaint by the Government of Costa Rica for illegal gold mining in the border area. * An investigation into the Open Record and Rio Foundation think center reveals an increase in concessions in favor of Chinese miners and the in…

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Q Costa Rica broke the news in on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.
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