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Costa Rica detains ex-security minister, ex-judge on drug trafficking charges after US extradition request

By Thomson Reuters Jun 23, 2025 | 9:27 PM

SAN JOSE (Reuters) -Costa Rica’s judicial police said they detained a former security minister and a former judge on drug trafficking charges following an extradition request from the United States, the police said on Monday in a video sent to the press.

(Reporting by Alvaro Murillo; Writing by Natalia Siniawski; Editing by Christopher Cushing)