Costa Rica will continue strengthening its cooperation with U.S. law enforcement agencies and international partners to combat organized crime, Attorney General Carlo Díaz-Sánchez said Monday after being unanimously reelected to a new four-year term by the 21 justices of the Supreme Court of Justice.

In his acceptance speech, Díaz-Sánchez said Costa Rica would continue working with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), as well as other international organizations involved in fighting organized crime.

Those organizations include the Europe-Latin America Programme of Assistance against Transnational Organized Crime (EL PAcCTO) and the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust).

“Since the beginning of my tenure, I have sought to resume joint investigations with various organizations. Today, we have the support and recognition of the DEA, the FBI, EL PAcCTO and Eurojust, among others. We have already coordinated several joint investigations targeting transnational criminal organizations because we know that organized crime has no borders, and only by working together can our societies and institutions confront it,” Díaz said.

According to authorities, one of the most significant achievements in the fight against crime during Díaz’s leadership of the Public Prosecutor’s Office was the enactment in May 2025 of a new extradition law allowing Costa Rican citizens wanted abroad on drug trafficking charges to be extradited.

Costa Rica carried out its first extraditions of its own citizens in March, when two men identified by the surnames Gamboa-Sánchez and López-Vega were sent to the United States on drug trafficking charges.

Díaz said international cooperation would remain a priority during his new four-year term, which will extend through 2030. “We will continue joint operations against transnational organized crime, including the development of the second phase of our work with the DEA to pursue those known as ‘invisible drug traffickers’ and the corrupt officials who assist them,” he said.

Díaz assumed the top position at the Public Prosecutor’s Office in 2022. He holds a law degree from the University of Costa Rica and a professional master’s degree in criminal law from the International University of the Americas.

Throughout his career, he has held positions at prosecutor’s offices in the provinces of Limón, Heredia, Alajuela and San José, as well as at the Office of Indigenous Affairs. He also served as head of the Prosecutors’ Office Monitoring and Management Unit.

One of the Public Prosecutor’s Office’s most recent actions was the deportation on Friday of three Mexican nationals wanted in the United States on federal drug trafficking charges.

In a related development, the Public Prosecutor’s Office coordinated the transportation of nearly 45 tons of drugs seized in Costa Rica this year to the United States for destruction aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster in September.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office directs criminal investigations and prosecutes criminal cases throughout Costa Rica.

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