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Costa Rica Arrests Soccer Club President Wanted by U.S. Authorities : The Tico Times | Costa Rica News

Summary by The Tico Times
Municipal Liberia president Wilder Eusse Osorio was arrested in San José after U.S. authorities requested his extradition in an international drug trafficking case.

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The U.S. pressure against drug trafficking networks operating from Costa Rica reached soccer with the capture, this Wednesday, of Wilder Eusse Osorio, president of the Liberia Municipal Club of the major league of the Central American country. He is accused of being part of a band whose operations were, for some time, in the sights of the Administration for Drug Control (DEA). The team is led by former Paraguayan player José Saturnino Cardozo, o…

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Wilder Eusse Osorio, president of the Liberia Municipal Football Club, would be linked to an organization dedicated to drug trafficking that operates in several countries

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Costa Rican authorities arrested Costa Rican businessman and club president Wilder Eusse Osorio, a Colombian naturalized Costa Rican who is being extradited by the United States for drug trafficking on Wednesday. Costa Rican Public Prosecutor’s Office (Fiscalía) reported that Eusse, alias El Soldado and El Tío, was arrested in San José after an extradition request was received, as he is charged by the United States District Court for the East Di…

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The Liberia Municipal issued a first brief statement after the arrest of its president, Wilder Eusse Osorio, by the OIJ. The arrest was carried out in response to a request from U.S. authorities related to an open case for alleged drug trafficking against the sports leader. “At the moment, we are not going to give any kind of statements from our institution. At the appropriate time we will attend the consultations and issue the respective statem…

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udgtv broke the news on Wednesday, June 17, 2026.
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