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With U.S. support, Costa Rica adds new plane to police fleet

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The Air Surveillance Service (SVA) of Costa Rica's Public Security Ministry on Monday unveiled a new airplane meant to assist in anti-drug operations. 
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Three Colombians detained in Costa Rica with 1.4 metric tons of cocaine

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The intercepted ship was taken to the port of Quepos, in the South Pacific, where the ship was subjected to an inspection.
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Spain’s police seize massive cocaine haul in banana cargo

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Police said the gang used a company that imported fruit from Costa Rica as a cover for its operations.
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Costa Rica detains three Colombians and one Ecuadorian in boat with 690 kilos of cocaine

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Costa Rican police detained a boat crewed by three Colombians and one Ecuadorian with a cargo of 690 kilos of cocaine, authorities said Tuesday.
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Government announces increased security measures to curb recent crime wave

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President Luis Guillermo Solís said he is outraged by a shooting at the entrance of a school that left two people dead and a six-year-old wounded.
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Defendants captured aboard supposed drug vessel accuse U.S. authorities of torture

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The men caught aboard a ship with over a ton of cocaine said U.S. officials took them to Guantanamo Bay in Cuba while torturing them for a week.
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