{"id":5503,"date":"2013-05-29T13:47:57","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T23:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newwp.insightcrime.org?p=5503"},"modified":"2023-04-24T15:31:02","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T20:31:02","slug":"costa-rica-registra-explosion-de-cobtrabando-drogas-farmaceuticas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias\/noticias-del-dia\/costa-rica-registra-explosion-de-cobtrabando-drogas-farmaceuticas\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa Rica Registra Explosi\u00f3n de Contrabando de Drogas Farmac\u00e9uticas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Las incautaciones de drogas farmac\u00e9uticas traficadas ilegalmente de Nicaragua a Costa Rica han crecido exponencialmente en los \u00faltimos tres a\u00f1os, a medida que los innovadores contrabandistas revierten una tendencia de larga data y desarrollan un nuevo mercado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">En 2010, las autoridades informaron que incautaron 618 unidades de f\u00e1rmacos ilegales. Este n\u00famero se elev\u00f3 a 4.315 en 2011 y 7.323 en 2012. No obstante, en los primeros cuatro meses de 2013, las fuerzas de seguridad de Costa Rica ya han incautado 67.381 unidades, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nacion.com\/2013-05-27\/ElPais\/Contrabando-de-farmacos-desde-Nicaragua-se-disparo-este-2013.aspx?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication\" target=\"_blank\">inform\u00f3 el diario La Naci\u00f3n<\/a>, un aumento de 109 veces en comparaci\u00f3n con 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los productos contrabandeados desde Nicaragua incluyen analg\u00e9sicos, antibi\u00f3ticos, multi-vitam\u00ednicos y esteroides anabolizantes. Los medicamentos se compran en Nicaragua a un precio m\u00e1s bajo, y luego se exportan ilegalmente a su vecino centroamericano para revenderlos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El contrabando es transportado frecuentemente en autob\u00fas, exponiendo los medicamentos recetados a condiciones inadecuadas como temperaturas altas y luz solar extrema, que podr\u00eda reducir su eficacia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seg\u00fan un representante del Colegio de Farmac\u00e9uticos de Costa Rica, esta nueva tendencia plantea un riesgo significativo a la seguridad p\u00fablica ya que estas drogas provenientes del mercado negro pueden ser vendidas al p\u00fablico con etiquetas falsas.<\/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\">El crecimiento exponencial en el tr\u00e1fico de farmac\u00e9uticos a lo largo de esta ruta, representa un rev\u00e9s al contrabando de medicamentos recetados en la regi\u00f3n. Seg\u00fan el informe, Costa Rica fue considerado el principal exportador de drogas del mercado negro con destino a Nicaragua, desde aproximadamente 2008. Pero el menor precio de las drogas nicarag\u00fcenses ha invertido esta tendencia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parte del contrabando se lleva a cabo por personas que venden las drogas a familia, amigos y socios. No obstante, tambi\u00e9n hay indicios de que los grupos criminales est\u00e1n detr\u00e1s de gran parte del comercio. Los medicamentos se venden en privado, en lugares p\u00fablicos como parques y centros comerciales, e incluso se han encontrado en las farmacias. Adicionalmente, la mayor\u00eda de los medicamentos ilegales terminan lejos de la frontera con Nicaragua, principalmente en el densamente poblado Valle Central del pa\u00eds \u2013 alimentando la teor\u00eda de que se est\u00e1 implementando un sistema de distribuci\u00f3n y transporte m\u00e1s sofisticado. 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