US EditionUS sanctions Costa Rican drug network, including a beauty salon, for trafficking cocaine
Sanctions hit a family-led Costa Rican network accused of trafficking tons of cocaine from Colombia to the U.S. and Europe, part of a wider U.S. campaign targeting drug routes.
- On Thursday, the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned Luis Manuel Picado Grijalba, alleged network leader, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the supply chain bears responsibility for American addictions and deaths.
- The sanctions target five Costa Ricans and five Costa Rican entities accused of moving tons of cocaine from Colombia to the U.S. and Europe, freezing their U.S. assets and banning business with U.S. firms.
- A joint U.S.-Costa Rican taskforce including Homeland Security and DEA field offices and Costa Rica’s Office of the Attorney General tracked Grijalba's wife and mother-in-law and family-operated companies including an aesthetic salon linked to alleged trafficking.
- The U.S. military has conducted deadly strikes on alleged smuggling boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean, killing more than 100 people since early September, while the CIA carried out a December drone strike on a cartel-used docking area.
- The move fits a wider Trump administration push against Caribbean drug trafficking, following a deal early last year with Costa Rica during U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit.
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The U.S. Treasury Department on Thursday sanctioned five Costa Rican citizens and five companies for allegedly being part of a network dedicated to trafficking large quantities of cocaine and laundering money.
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Independent EspañolBy FATIMA HUSSEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States imposed sanctions on five Costa Rican citizens and five Costa Rican entities for allegedly helping to transport tons of cocaine from Colombia, store drugs in Costa Rica and then send them to the United States and Europe. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control alleges that Costa Rican Luis Manuel Picado Grijalba, one of those sanctioned on Thursday, is the leader of the net…
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US sanctions Costa Rican drug network, including a beauty salon, for trafficking cocaine
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on five Costa Ricans and five Costa Rican entities for allegedly transporting cocaine from Colombia.
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