SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Costa Rica’s judicial police said on Monday they detained a former security minister and ex-judge on drug trafficking charges following an extradition request from the United States. Celso Gamboa Sanchez, a former security minister and judge, was apprehended in San Jose, while his alleged associate, Edwin Lopez Vega, was arrested in Costa […]
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Costa Rica detains ex-security minister on drug trafficking charges after US extradition request
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SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Costa Rica’s judicial police said on Monday they detained a former security minister and ex-judge on drug trafficking charges following an extradition request from the United States.
Celso Gamboa Sanchez, a former security minister and judge, was apprehended in San Jose, while his alleged associate, Edwin Lopez Vega, was arrested in Costa Rica’s southern Caribbean region.
“It is a milestone in our country that two Costa Ricans are being prosecuted to face charges in the United States,” Randall Zuniga, director of the judicial police, said in a video sent to the press.
(Reporting by Alvaro Murillo; Writing by Natalia Siniawski; Editing by Christopher Cushing and Saad Sayeed)