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Published on
Thursday, November 14, 2024
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The
International Police (Interpol) and the
Judicial Investigation Organization (OIJ)
agents successfully deported a U.S.
citizen male surnamed Hank (32) to the
United States.
According
to the OIJ, Hank Red Notice was issued by
the U.S. as a suspect of trafficking at
least 400 grams of fentanyl from Mexico to
the United States.
The
judicial agents arrested him in March 2024, while
he was ready to flee the county at the
Juan Santamaría International Airport
(SJO) in Alajuela Province.
The
U.S. citizen was taken in custody at the
Immigration Apprehension Center in San
José until his extradition to the United
States was finalized on Wednesday.
Hank
is only one of many cases in which
foreigners have been arrested in Costa
Rica after being issued with an
international arrest warrant. Recently, a
Nicaraguan male surnamed Herrera
(49) was extradited to the United
States. He was on the run for ten
years as suspected of being a part
of a Nicaraguan drug trafficking
group that operates in the U.S.
Last year closed
with almost 1,000 foreigners
deported.
This figure is a 47% increase over the
664 individuals deported in 2022.
The
United States and Costa Rica
established an extradition treaty in
1982 and ratified by the Costa Rican
Congress in 1991. The agreement's goal
is to provide more effective
cooperation between the two States in
the repression of crime;
and the reciprocal extradition of
fugitives from justice.
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