More Resources Needed for Cocaine ‘Tsunami’ off Costa Rica’s Coasts Says Minister

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Costa Rican Public Security Minister Gustavo Mata Vega spoke to the Horizontes Costa Rica radio program yesterday to urge more resources for combatting cocaine trafficking and related crime.

A satellite image produced by the radio program and published on their website depicts Pacific sea routes from cocaine-producing South American countries that are thought to be drug-related. So many routes head to Costa Rica’s Pacific coast, as well as Panama’s, and Guatemala’s that the visual creates the sense of a “cocaine tsunami,” said the Minister.

Yellow lines on the graphic represent planes believed to be smuggling drugs from the Caribbean coasts of some South American countries westward towards transshipment points in northern Central America.

“Faced with such a scourge, we have what I have call a ‘tsunami’ of cocaine that requires taking extraordinary measures including investment in equipment such as radars, ships, aircraft, and technology; this is fundamental for the security of our country,” concluded Mata.

He said that continuing to improve drug interception abilities will “directly reduce the homicides and other crimes that are found within the countries in the region.”

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