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Published on Tuesday,
January 14, 2025
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The
International Criminal Police Organization
(Interpol), in collaboration with the U.S.
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA),
deported a 41-year-old Tico
male (a term used for a native of Costa
Rica) identified by the last name Reyes.
According
to Costa Rica’s Judicial Investigation
Organization (OIJ), a Red Notice was
issued for Reyes after he was found guilty
of murdering another Costa Rican,
identified as Jiménez, 42. The crime
occurred on April 14, 2012, in the Pavón
Bay of
Golfito Canton, Puntarenas Province.
The
Pérez
Zeledón Court
sentenced Reyes to 16 years in prison, but
he fled to the United States before the
sentence was officially completed.
Reyes was discovered in the U.S. after being arrested on suspicion of another crime. DEA agents took him into custody while his extradition to Costa Rica was later secured.
The
United States and Costa Rica established
an extradition treaty in 1982, which was
ratified by Costa Rica’s Congress in 1991.
The treaty aims to strengthen cooperation
between the two nations in combating crime
and extraditing fugitives.
The
OIJ, a division of Costa Rica’s Supreme
Court of Justice, is responsible for
criminal investigations and has nationwide
authority to enforce the law.
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