Comments

You have commented 375 times on Rantburg.

Your Name

Your e-mail (optional)

Website (optional)

	My Original Nic Pic-a-Nic Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Foto

Submit your comments on this article

Caribbean-Latin America

From Drug Busts to Deportations: How One Ally Is Helping Trump Secure Our Region

2026-04-21

Might be more information on this story from Regnum… there aren’t enough details to say.

[PJ] According to the State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) and Costa Rica's Ministry of Public Security (MSP), the two countries have come together once again to make the Western Hemisphere a little safer. Last week, a joint anti-narcotics operation involving the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), and the Costa Rican Coast Guard ended with the seizure of a lot of drugs, the arrest of three individuals, and a hit to the organized crime and drug smuggling that is plaguing our region.

It happened on Thursday. U.S. officials spotted a suspicious 32-foot vessel off Costa Rica's Pacific Coast, about 175 nautical miles off Blanco Cape, in the Nicoya peninsula. The boat was named the "Poseidon," but it had no registration numbers or national flag. A U.S. aircraft tracked it until the Costa Rican Coast Guard found it and intercepted it. They arrested three Colombian nationals and towed the boat back to shore, where they found approximately two tons of cocaine. Costa Rican prosecutors are seeking to slap all three men with international drug trafficking charges.

Posted by:Besoeker

00:00