{"id":29848,"date":"2017-07-21T20:54:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T00:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/?p=29848"},"modified":"2023-04-24T16:02:01","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T21:02:01","slug":"consumo-local-drogas-costa-rica-agudiza-tasa-homicidios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias\/noticias-del-dia\/consumo-local-drogas-costa-rica-agudiza-tasa-homicidios\/","title":{"rendered":"Consumo local de drogas en Costa Rica agudiza tasa de homicidios"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Un incremento en las ventas y el consumo interno de estupefacientes en Costa Rica parece estar agravando el aumento de los homicidios, pero las autoridades han tendido a culpar a los grupos criminales extranjeros en lugar de centrarse en los factores internos causantes de la creciente violencia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hace poco el fiscal general Jorge Chavarr\u00eda culpaba a la \u201cmexicanizaci\u00f3n\u201d de los grupos criminales costarricenses por los incrementos en las tasas de homicidios en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os, y afirmaba que las bandas narcotraficantes locales est\u00e1n emulando las disputas por territorio de los carteles mexicanos, y que esto aumenta la tasa de homicidios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLas organizaciones locales se diversifican por presi\u00f3n de la oferta para extender el mercado local, lo que provoca la tendencia al monopolio y aplicaci\u00f3n de la violencia \u2014la receta mexicana\u2014 donde cada una tiene su brazo armado y trata de eliminar la competencia\u201d, coment\u00f3 Chavarr\u00eda a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crhoy.com\/nacionales\/narcos-ticos-imitan-modelo-de-carteles-mexicanos\/\" target=\"_blank\">CRHoy.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El fiscal general ya<a href=\"\/noticias\/noticias-del-dia\/fiscal-general-costa-rica-carteles-mexicanos-reclutan-entrenan-grupos-locales\" target=\"_blank\"> ha advertido<\/a> que los grupos mexicanos del crimen est\u00e1n reclutando y entrenando a pandillas locales en Costa Rica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seg\u00fan Chavarr\u00eda, los enfrentamientos entre rivales que se disputan el control de las rutas internacionales de narcotr\u00e1fico son la raz\u00f3n del pico hist\u00f3rico de<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacion.com\/sucesos\/crimenes-asaltos\/Crimenes-aumentaron-pais-ultimo-ano_0_1607439260.html\" target=\"_blank\"> 11,8 homicidios por 100.000 habitantes<\/a>, en 2016. Sin embargo, se sospecha que una gran proporci\u00f3n de homicidios tiene que ver con disputas territoriales entre grupos narcos locales; en 2015, esa fracci\u00f3n se calcul\u00f3 en <a href=\"\/noticias\/noticias-del-dia\/70-por-ciento-homicidios-costa-rica-estan-relacionados-drogas-informe\" target=\"_blank\">70 por ciento<\/a> del total de 570 homicidios registrados ese a\u00f1o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An\u00e1lisis de InSight Crime<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seg\u00fan Walter Espinoza, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crhoy.com\/nacionales\/director-del-oij-sobre-narcotrafico-practicamente-estamos-en-guerra\/\" target=\"_blank\">Director del Organismo de Investigaci\u00f3n Judicial<\/a>, el gobierno costarricense debe seguir centr\u00e1ndose en un enfoque transnacional en la lucha contra el crimen, trabajando con jefes de polic\u00eda de Centroam\u00e9rica y otros actores internacionales. Aunque este es un elemento importante de la lucha contra el crimen organizado, cualquier estrategia que busque reducir la violencia en Costa Rica debe concentrarse tambi\u00e9n en la din\u00e1mica criminal del negocio local de la droga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hist\u00f3ricamente, Costa Rica ha sido un puerto de tr\u00e1nsito clave para los traficantes internacionales por su ubicaci\u00f3n estrat\u00e9gica, pero hoy en d\u00eda se quedan m\u00e1s drogas en el pa\u00eds, pues hay m\u00e1s costarricenses que nunca consumiendo coca\u00edna y marihuana en el pa\u00eds. Seg\u00fan el Instituto sobre Alcoholismo y Farmacodependencia (IAFA), el consumo de coca\u00edna creci\u00f3 cuatro veces entre 2006 y 2010, superando el promedio centroamericano. El consumo de marihuana aument\u00f3 260 por ciento en el mismo periodo, inform\u00f3 IAFA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000\">VEA TAMBI\u00c9N:<\/span><\/strong> <a href=\"\/component\/tags\/tag\/261-costa-rica\" target=\"_blank\">Cobertura sobre Costa Rica<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Es probable que esta expansi\u00f3n del mercado local \u2014impulsada en parte por el <a href=\"\/noticias\/analisis\/niveles-record-produccion-cocaina-colombia-crean-nueva-generacion-criminales\" target=\"_blank\">auge de la producci\u00f3n de coca\u00edna<\/a> en Colombia y otros factores\u2014 haya incentivado la competencia por el control del mercado entre los grupos costarricenses del crimen. Enfrentar esta din\u00e1mica ser\u00e1 clave para retrasar y eventualmente revertir el alarmante aumento de la violencia que se observa en Centroam\u00e9rica en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Un incremento en las ventas y el consumo interno de estupefacientes en Costa Rica parece estar agravando el aumento de los homicidios, pero las autoridades han tendido a culpar a los grupos criminales extranjeros en lugar de centrarse en los factores internos causantes de la creciente 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