Former DEA El Paso boss: Agent Camarena had discovered the arms-for-drugs operation run on behalf of the Contras, aided by U.S. officials in the National Security Council and the CIA, and threatened to blow the whistle on the covert operation.
Travelers crossing Costa Rica's border into Nicaragua must now pay an additional $5 "roadway tax." But travelers can only pay the tax at a Bancrédito branch, and there are no Bancrédito offices or ATMs at the border.
