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In 2009 Costa Rica granted
refugee status to the
former governor,
Manuitt-Carpio, and his
family. / Judicial
Investigating Organization
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Police
arrest former Venezuelan
governor suspected of
kidnapping
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Wednesday agents of the Judicial
Investigating Organization
raided the property of a
Venezuelan in Coronado*
in San José, who was identified
as the 63-year-old former
governor of the State of Guárico
in the South American country.
He was identified by his surname
Manuitt-Carpio.
Agents also arrested the man's
son, 25, who has the surname
Manuitt-Morao and another man,
38, surnamed Martínez Cameros.
In another raid in the area of
Escazú agents also detained two
Costa Ricans, one a 36-year-old
man surnamed Aguilar-Aguirre,
and a 22-year-old man surnamed
Villalobos-Montero.
All were arrested on suspicion
of kidnapping and torture.
According to the agents' report,
the suspects operate a farm in
Coronado where they raise cows
for milk production. In April a
group of unknown men entered the
property and stole some of the
cattle.
As a result of the apparent
cattle theft, the five suspects
went to the homes of farm
workers, tied them up and
tortured them to obtain
identification of the cattle
thieves, said judicial agents.
The owners of the farm suspected
that their employees knew who
took the cattle, and for that
reason, they decided to take
justice with their own hands,
agents said.
According to the investigation
report, the agents collected
enough information to link the
five suspects with at least
eight reports of kidnapping and
torture.
The five men were taken to the
cells of the Public Ministry
where they were interrogated by
the judicial agents and after
that, they must wait until a
judge orders the pre-trial
measures against him
According to AFP News Agency, in
2009 Costa Rica granted refugee
status to the former governor,
Manuitt-Carpio, and his family.
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Should the Immigration
authorities reject the refugee
status of the Venezuelan
suspects if they are guilty of
the accusations? We
would like to know your thoughts
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comments to news@amcostarica.com
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