Costa Rica Steps Up Drug Busts as Public Security Ministry Boosts Budget

April 29, 2013

Costa Rican anti-drug agents arrested nine members of a cocaine trafficking ring in an early morning surprise raid Apr. 7. The three-day operation at a house in Quepos, a village along the country’s central Pacific coast, brought in 901 kilograms of coke — most of it hidden underneath a mattress.

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For decades, Ecuador was perceived as an exception in a region plagued by drug trafficking, armed violence, and criminal capture of the state. While neighboring countries faced open wars between cartels and state forces, Ecuador seemed to remain on the sidelines of these dynamics. That image began to slowly crack and finally collapsed in January […]

Costa Rica Steps Up Drug Busts as Public Security Ministry Boosts Budget

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