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Costa Rica and Panama set up an Information Exchange Center to fight crime By the A.M. Costa Rica staff The security authorities of Costa Rica and Panama inaugurated the Binational Police Information Exchange Center on Friday. The Center is located in Paso Canoas* in the facilities of the National Border Service on the border between the two countries where there are working officers of the Migration Professional Police, the Ministry of Security, the Border Police and Customs, as well as representatives of the government of Panama. From the Center, the two nations can coordinate security information and the management of criminals trying to cross the border. "The Center was established with support from the European Union. The furniture and equipment were delivered by the government of Panama," said the Ministry of Security in its statement. Prior to the inauguration of the Center, the Costa Rican and Panamanian authorities met in Panama as part of the Bilateral Border Security Commission of the nations. The objective of the meeting was to comply with the agreement between President Carlos Alvarado and Juan Carlos Varela, President of Panama. This agreement was signed on February 20, 2019, and aimed to reactivate binational joint operations, including the exchange of information. On a recently case of a man detained in Panama border, as A.M. Costa Rica reported on March 22nd, was a Catholic priest arrested on suspicion of child sex abuse. The Professional Migration Police detained a Catholic priest surnamed Morales - Salazar, at the border post in Paso Canoas* on the border between Costa Rica and Panama at 6:34 a.m. A warrant had been issued for his arrest on suspicion of sexual abuse of a minor. Police report that they suspect that Father Morales-Salazar intended to flee to Panama. When he presented his passport at the border, the Interpol alert system showed that there was an arrest warrant out for him and he was detained. Agents of Judicial Investigation Organization took the priest from Paso Canoas to the Tobias Bolaños Airport in Pavas* by air. He was then taken to the cells of the Public Ministry, where he was interviewed by judicial agents. In the next few hours, a judge dictated three months of pre-trial jail against him. The accusation against Morales - Salazar, was made on March 15 at a prosecutor’s office by a young man surnamed Arguedas, who stated that he had suffered abuse by the priest for two years during his adolescence. The position of the Catholic Church regarding the arrest of the priest was given by spokesman, Jeison Granados: "The complaint was registered here (referring to the offices of the Catholic Church headquarters in San Jose) by the complainant, his parents, his brother, and some witnesses. It was he and his parent's decision, for personal reasons, they were not going to put a criminal complaint." Regarding the priest’s apparent attempt to flee the country, Granados said "he will receive a warning from the Bishop for not having reported his departure from the country. All the priests when they leave the country have to notify the bishop at an office, we did not know he was going to leave the country." Referring to the young man's complaint, Granados confirmed that, "The canonical denunciation against the priest that was presented in May 2013, was presented in the Metropolitan Curia. The process in the Archdiocese of San José was carried out and the case was sent to the Vatican." Apparently, the Vatican had responded to the complaint, however, the Costa Rican Catholic Church returned the case for a review. "The Vatican sent a prior resolution, but the Costa Rican ecclesiastical tribunal requested a new revision," said Granados. With respect to the activities of the priest, who continued to serve mass, Granados said that Morales - Salazar did not exercise any ministerial activities. He had been limited to "celebrating mass in a monastery of nuns in Guadalupe." "We trust in the judicial processes of Costa Rica and we trust that this process will be resolved," said Granados. ------------------------------ With which another country should Costa Rica make an agreement for the exchange of support and criminal information? We would like to know your thoughts on this story. Send your comments to: news@amcostarica.com |
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