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.
The Defense Department and the CIA demanded that the health care personnel "collaborate in intelligence gathering and security practices in a way that inflicted severe harm on detainees in U.S. custody."
U.S. Ambassador Anne S. Andrew finishes four years of service in Costa Rica on Friday. Recently, she sat down with The Tico Times to discuss her accomplishments and U.S. goals in the region.
Following the dismantling of what U.S. authorities called the biggest money laundering operation in history, Costa Rica and the U.S. acknowledged they need more tools to fight organized crime in the Central American country.
Part of the U.S. strategy in Costa Rica is to help fund and promote development programs aimed at protecting the environment and reducing fossil fuel consumption.
