Much of the drug that arrives in the United States and Europe leaves the producing countries of South America and transits through Central America, including Costa Rica.
On Wednesday, 24 hours after the Costa Rican Coast Guard nabbed two fishing boats with 1.9 tons of cocaine onboard in Golfito, a southern Pacific port city, Judge Jeffrey Mora Sánchez ordered the release of three Costa Rican men who were detained in the operation.
