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Panama to Build Maximum-Security Prison to Isolate Gang Leaders

The Tico Times - July 2, 2026

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Costa Rica seizes 771 kilos of cocaine in two police operations

Costa Rica

Costa Rican drug traffickers connected to Italian mob plead guilty to shipping cocaine to the U.S.

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Mexican officials exhume 12 bodies in two clandestine pits

Panama to Build Maximum-Security Prison to Isolate Gang Leaders

The Tico Times - July 2, 2026

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino announced plans to build a new maximum-security prison for gang leaders, placing Panama more firmly inside a regional shift...

Costa Rica seizes 771 kilos of cocaine in two police operations

The Tico Times - August 5, 2019

Costa Rica and other Central American countries serve as a bridge for drug trafficking from South American countries to the United States and Europe.

Costa Rican drug traffickers connected to Italian mob plead guilty to shipping cocaine to the U.S.

The Tico Times - November 22, 2016

Costa Rican investigators said the men built up the trafficking organization by sending shipments of cocaine in containers of pineapple, yuca, and other produce exports shipped on boats to numerous countries

Mexican officials exhume 12 bodies in two clandestine pits

The Tico Times - February 10, 2014

ACAPULCO, Mexico – Authorities have dug up 12 bodies in two clandestine graves in Mexico's southwestern Guerrero state, a region plagued by drug violence, authorities said Monday.