{"id":5586,"date":"2013-06-19T18:41:24","date_gmt":"2017-03-27T23:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newwp.insightcrime.org?p=5586"},"modified":"2023-04-24T15:31:32","modified_gmt":"2023-04-24T20:31:32","slug":"policia-desarticula-red-internacional-de-trafico-de-organos-en-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insightcrime.org\/es\/noticias\/noticias-del-dia\/policia-desarticula-red-internacional-de-trafico-de-organos-en-costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"Polic\u00eda Desarticula Red Internacional de Tr\u00e1fico de \u00d3rganos en Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La polic\u00eda de Costa Rica ha desmantelado una red de tr\u00e1fico de \u00f3rganos que presuntamente vend\u00eda ri\u00f1ones para pacientes en Israel y ten\u00eda conexiones en Europa del Este \u2013dos lugares que son la conexi\u00f3n del mercado mundial ilegal de \u00f3rganos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seg\u00fan las autoridades, los donantes fueron reclutados en Costa Rica y sus ri\u00f1ones fueron removidos en el pa\u00eds, en Europa del Este, donde se cree que la red tiene su base de operaciones, o en Israel, donde se encontraban los compradores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La polic\u00eda arrest\u00f3 a Francisco Jos\u00e9 Mora, un importante m\u00e9dico del Hospital Calder\u00f3n Guardia de San Jos\u00e9, quien est\u00e1 ahora acusado de coordinar la operaci\u00f3n, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ticotimes.net\/More-news\/News-Briefs\/Costa-Rican-doctor-arrested-on-suspicion-of-organ-trafficking_Tuesday-June-18-2013\" target=\"_blank\">inform\u00f3 Tico Times<\/a>. Tambi\u00e9n arrest\u00f3 a un polic\u00eda y ex paciente de Mora, quien supuestamente ayud\u00f3 a los m\u00e9dicos a reclutar a los posibles donantes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La polic\u00eda ha identificado a tres personas a las que se cree que se les pag\u00f3 alrededor de US$10.000 por sus ri\u00f1ones, y una mujer que <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crhoy.com\/mujer-que-viajo-a-israel-a-vender-rinon-murio-de-regreso-al-pais\/\" target=\"_blank\">muri\u00f3 en el vuelo de regreso de Israel<\/a>, luego de la presunta venta de su ri\u00f1\u00f3n a trav\u00e9s de esta organizaci\u00f3n criminal.<\/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\">Costa Rica es un destino para el turismo m\u00e9dico, lo que algunos expertos dicen que ha contribuido a que el pa\u00eds se haya ganado la reputaci\u00f3n de&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eluniversal.com.mx\/notas\/925486.html\" target=\"_blank\">epicentro mundial de \u201cturismo de trasplantes\u201d<\/a> \u2013lo que a su vez es una versi\u00f3n encubierta del tr\u00e1fico de \u00f3rganos\u2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La mayor\u00eda del tr\u00e1fico de \u00f3rganos depende del reclutamiento de los pobres y desesperados, ofreci\u00e9ndoles pagos que les pueden parecer astron\u00f3micos, pero que en realidad son peque\u00f1os cuando se comparan con las cifras que les pagan los beneficiarios a los traficantes. No obstante, no es raro que las personas sean obligadas a donar \u00f3rganos o que los \u00f3rganos sean removidos a la fuerza de las v\u00edctimas de trata de personas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Europa del Este e Israel est\u00e1n en el centro de este comercio ilegal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2011-11-01\/organ-gangs-force-poor-to-sell-kidneys-for-desperate-israelis.html\" target=\"_blank\">seg\u00fan investigaciones de los medios<\/a>. Israel es uno de los principales destinos para los \u00f3rganos traficados ilegalmente, ya que es un pa\u00eds rico, pero el sistema de salud tiene escasez cr\u00f3nica de \u00f3rganos, debido a que muchas personas son reacias a registrarse como donantes por razones religiosas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gracias a la inmigraci\u00f3n masiva de los antiguos pa\u00edses sovi\u00e9ticos, Israel cuenta con fuertes conexiones con Europa del Este, donde se cree que est\u00e1n ubicadas muchas de las principales redes del crimen organizado, involucradas en el comercio ilegal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La <a href=\"https:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2012\/may\/27\/kidney-trade-illegal-operations-who\" target=\"_blank\">Organizaci\u00f3n Mundial de la Salud estima<\/a> que alrededor de 10.000 operaciones de trasplante de \u00f3rganos ilegales tienen lugar todos los a\u00f1os, siendo los ri\u00f1ones los \u00f3rganos extra\u00eddos en el 75 por ciento de los 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