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Foreigners Detained in Jacó Immigration Raid

IMMIGRATION police, drug-controlpolice and regular officers detained 53undocumented foreigners Saturday in thecentral Pacific beach town of Jacó, thedaily La Nación reported. Most of thosedetained were Nicaraguan. Forty will bedeported, according to officials.

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