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Costa Rica Money Laundering Investigation Results in 35 Raids

The Tico Times - February 22, 2022

The Organization of Judicial Investigations (OIJ) launched 35 simultaneous raids early this morning as a part of a case of an alleged large scale...

Latin America

Panama seized record amount of drugs in 2021: president

AFP - January 2, 2022

Panama seized a record haul of 128 tons of drugs in 2021, President Laurentino Cortizo said on Sunday. The figure represented a 43 percent increase...

El Salvador

El Salvador seizes over 4,000 kilos of cocaine in Pacific Ocean

AFP - December 28, 2021

El Salvador seized on Monday a shipment with 4,156 kilos of cocaine and arrested five Colombians and two Ecuadorians who were transporting it in...

Global

Mexico top court decriminalizes recreational marijuana use

The Tico Times - June 29, 2021

Mexico's Supreme Court on Monday decriminalized recreational marijuana use for adults

Costa Rica

Drugs flown from Costa Rica to US for destruction

Alejandro Zúñiga - June 24, 2021

In 2020, Costa Rican authorized seized a record 71.2 tons of cocaine and marijuana. The United States provides financial and material support to Costa Rica's anti-narcotics efforts.

Costa Rica

Costa Rican lawmakers met with accused drug traffickers, reports say

The Tico Times - May 28, 2021

President Carlos Alvarado met with other Costa Rican leaders on Thursday night to discuss the apparent ties between lawmakers and alleged narcotraffickers.

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