US EditionFormer Costa Rican Minister Arrested for Drug Trafficking, Faces U.S. Extradition
- Costa Rican authorities arrested former security minister Celso Gamboa Sanchez and Edwin Lopez Vega on drug trafficking charges amid a U.S. extradition request.
- The arrests followed Costa Rica's recent constitutional reform allowing extradition for drug trafficking and reflect intensified international cooperation against organized crime.
- Gamboa, detained in San Jose, and Lopez, apprehended in the southern Caribbean region, face charges in the U.S., where DEA authorities seek to transfer Gamboa to Dallas.
- Judicial Police director Randall Zuniga called the case a milestone, emphasizing that no official is above the law, while Public Security Minister Mario Zamora promised further actions.
- These arrests signal Costa Rica's growing role as a transit hub fighting drug trafficking and demonstrate stronger legal resolve in Central America’s ongoing battle against narcotics-related crime.
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Stabroek NewsCosta Rica detains ex-security minister on drug trafficking charges after US extradition request
SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Costa Rica's judicial police said on Monday they detained a former security minister and ex-judge on drug trafficking charges following an extradition request from the United States.
Costa Rican authorities arrested politician and lawyer Celso Gamboa, who was a security minister, judge and prosecutor, who was requested for extradition by the United States on drug trafficking charges, on Monday reported the judicial investigation police. Gamboa, 49 years old, was arrested two weeks after Costa Rica approved a constitutional reform that allows, for the first time in his history, the extradition of its designated citizens of dr…
This Tuesday at 2 p.m., the San José Criminal Court will hold the hearing in which the legal situation of the former judge of the Third Chamber, Celso Gamboa Sánchez, and the former convict Edwin Daney López Vega, known as Pecho de Rata, will be defined, who are required by the United States government, for their alleged participation in an international drug trafficking structure.Both men were arrested on Monday, 23 June, by agents of the Judic…
Celso Gamboa, who led the Directorate of Intelligence and National Security would be the second Costa Rican to be extradited
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