Costa Rica Coast Guard Corruption Scandal Tied to Drug Trafficking Case

A significant corruption scandal has exposed how Costa Rican Coast Guard officers accepted substantial bribes to facilitate international drug trafficking operations, revealing the extent to which organized crime has penetrated national security institutions. Former Golfito deputy mayor Jimmy Vindas Aguilar, who served under the National Liberation Party (PLN) from 2016 to 2020, faces extradition to […] The post Costa Rica Coast Guard Corruption Scandal Tied to Drug Trafficking Case appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.


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