Costa Rican Government Says It Is United on a Common Front with the US Against Organized Crime

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Costa Rica’s Minister of Public Security, Mario Zamora, said on Tuesday, in a video broadcast by his ministry, that there is a common front between the US and Costa Rica against transnational organized crime. Zamora further noted that the U.S. Secretary of Security Christy Noem initiated an official visit to Costa Rica, in which the U.S. government made a recognition of the Central American country’s effort in the fight against illegal migration…

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Javier Etcheberry explained that "I have read that everywhere organized crime is fought in part important for money, and the one who has all the information is Internal Revenues, and also has the powers to sue for tax offences, which have prison terms."

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* U.S. Secretary of National Security Kristi Noem announced that Costa Rica is leading the regional implementation of a joint strategy against drug trafficking and irregular migration. ** The visit takes place while Costa Rica manages the extradition of former judge Celso Gamboa, accused of integrating a narconet. ** On a tour of Central America, Noem included Honduras to meet with President Xiomara Castro.