The authorities of the General Directorate of Immigration and Immigration of Costa Rica, through their social networks, reported that they detained two Costa Ricans, who were transporting 13 Nicaraguans aboard a minibus, who entered that country irregularly.
The arrest, the immigration authorities say, occurred on Saturday, October 12 “in a vehicle control carried out by the Border Police and the Immigration Police in the town of Las Tablillas, canton of Los Chiles, northern border of Costa Rica.”
The 13 Nicaraguans detained along with the Costa Ricans entered Costa Rica irregularly through the Los Mangos sector, “a blind spot or non-enabled passage between Costa Rica and Nicaragua.”
Detained Costa Ricans face up to six years in prison
The two detained Costa Ricans, identified by the surnames Segura and Alvarado, respectively, according to the authorities, were detained on suspicion of “illicit human trafficking”, a crime for which they can receive sentences of between two and six years in prison.
The General Directorate of Migration and Immigration explained that “after coordinating with the Los Chiles Prosecutor’s Office, it ordered the arrest of the suspects, who were presented before said judicial instance for the alleged commission of the crime of illicit human trafficking.”
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The 13 Nicaraguans who were trying to remain irregularly in Costa Rican territory, according to the Costa Rican Immigration Police, were only “presented as witnesses before the Prosecutor’s Office, and then handed over to Immigration in order to be returned to Nicaragua.”
