He Public Ministry of Costa Rica reported that after a series of raids the authorities dismantled drug trafficking group which was dedicated to the possession of drugs from Colombia, and then send it to Mexico.

The Deputy Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Drug Trafficking and Crimes Related to It Instructed seven searches during which he detained three Costa Ricans named Ureña Mora, 43, who is the leader of the organization, as well as Díaz Villarreal and Córdoba Parra, who remain in custody pending their testimony during the investigation.

“The accused are part of a criminal structure that was responsible for bring cocaine from Colombia store it in Costa Rica and then ship it to Mexico,” the report on the case, titled “Scorpio,” explains.

Other Three suspects were also arrested. receive your identification data.

Seven raids were carried out on houses in Limón (Caribbean), Sierpe de Osa (South Pacific), Puntarenas (Central Pacific), and the cities of Azerri, Desamparados and Alajuela (central). There are authorities They seized evidence such as cocaine.more 3 thousand dollars, AR 15 weaponammunition, body armor and judicial police insignia.

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According to investigators, the group is associated with shipment of 547 packages of cocaine arrived in Puntarenas in November 2023 by boat Scorpioncame from Colombia and was intercepted National Coast Guard, and also related to the seizure of 199 kilograms of cocaine located in a truck at a shopping center in Desamparados on August 7, 2022.

Costa Rican authorities had seized at least 21 tons of cocaine in 2023, as of late December. 22.5 tons of marijuana579 thousand doses of synthetic drugs, one thousand doses of fentanyl and were destroyed 370 thousand plants marijuana.

In addition, they carried out 95,174 drug-related arrests and 7,241 for weapons-related crimes.

These figures are lower than in 2022, when Costa Rican authorities seized 33 tons of cocaine and 24.4 for marijuana.

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Drug trafficking has become a major security concern in Costa Rica, with authorities attributing most of 60% kills that are happening in the country.

(EFE)