Costa Rica Removes Seven Police Directors After Polygraph Tests : The Tico Times | Costa Rica News
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Costa Rica Removes Seven Police Directors After Polygraph Tests : The Tico Times | Costa Rica News
Costa Rica’s government removed seven police directors from confidence posts on Monday after they did not pass polygraph tests tied to the administration’s security controls, President Laura Fernández said. The officials were among 33 people evaluated as part of the government’s Fuerza Élite, a high-level security group focused on organized crime. Fernández said the seven were questioned about organized crime, drug trafficking and whether they h…
Costa Rica Sacks Police Directors After Polygraph Screening
In May 2026, the newly inaugurated president of Costa Rica, Laura Fernández Delgado, ordered polygraph screening of senior officials as part of her anticorruption campaign. Her polygraph dragnet has now led to the removal of seven police directors from their posts, the Costa Rican Tico Times reports. Excerpt: Costa Rica’s government removed seven police directors ...
Costa Rica’s president, Laura Fernández, ordered seven police directors to be removed from their positions of confidence on Monday after they did not pass the polygraph test, in which they were asked questions about drug trafficking and whether they had received illicit benefits in the exercise of their positions. The president indicated that she ordered the [...] La entrada Costa Rica: Police chiefs fall for failing to prove the polygraph was f…
Seven police chiefs fail polygraph
Q COSTARICA — A total of seven police chiefs failed the polygraph (lie detector test), President Laura Fernández confirmed, and were subsequently removed from their posts. “Additionally, I have ordered a preliminary investigation, which will be conducted from my office,” Fernández said. The president indicated that the tests were administered under the supervision of the Dirección de Inteligencia y Seguridad Nacional (DIS) — Directorate of Intel…
Costa Rica's president, Laura Fernández, ordered seven police directors to be removed from their positions of confidence on Monday after they failed to pass the polygraph test, in which they were asked questions about drug trafficking and whether they had received illicit benefits in the exercise of their positions. Costa Rica's President's entry removes seven police directors for failing to approve the polygraph was first published in Proceso D…
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