Las autoridades de Estados Unidos han incautado m\u00e1s de 2 toneladas de coca\u00edna en un barco de Costa Rica en el Pac\u00edfico, destacando el creciente papel que juegan los grupos criminales del pa\u00eds en el comercio de droga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
El 28 de junio, una patrulla de Estados Unidos intercept\u00f3 un barco que transportaba 2,3 toneladas de coca\u00edna, a 112 kil\u00f3metros al sur de la Isla del Coco de Costa Rica, ubicada a unos 500 kil\u00f3metros de la parte continental del pa\u00eds. El barco, que fue registrado en Costa Rica, transportaba 113 paquetes de coca\u00edna, con un peso de casi 20 kilos cada uno, inform\u00f3 La Naci\u00f3n<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tres costarricenses y un nicarag\u00fcense fueron detenidos durante la operaci\u00f3n, inform\u00f3 EFE<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n La incautaci\u00f3n se produce tan s\u00f3lo semanas despu\u00e9s de que tres operaciones mar\u00edtimas diferentes en Costa Rica resultaron en la incautaci\u00f3n de un total de 4,1 toneladas de coca\u00edna<\/a> -la m\u00e1s grande en la historia del pa\u00eds seg\u00fan los informes- y en la detenci\u00f3n de 11 ciudadanos costarricenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Durante los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os la parte continental de Costa Rica se ha convertido cada vez<\/a> m\u00e1s en un importante punto de transbordo de drogas. Entre 2011 y 2013 el pa\u00eds experiment\u00f3 un aumento significativo en las incautaciones de coca\u00edna<\/a>, pasando de 7,4 toneladas a aproximadamente 17,5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Varias organizaciones criminales extranjeras operan en Costa Rica, incluyendo a los Caballeros Templarios<\/a> y al Cartel de Sinaloa, de M\u00e9xico, y a las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC). En una se\u00f1al de la creciente importancia de Costa Rica en el comercio de droga, la cantidad de operaciones internacionales desmanteladas por las autoridades de Costa Rica aument\u00f3 de siete a 16 entre 2006 y 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n VEA TAMBI\u00c9N:<\/span><\/strong> Cobertura sobre Costa Rica<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Hay indicios de que durante los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os los grupos locales han aumentado su participaci\u00f3n en el tr\u00e1fico de drogas, con al menos 104 organizaciones<\/a> de narcotraficantes locales desmanteladas en 2010, en comparaci\u00f3n con s\u00f3lo 47 en 2006. En 2013 las autoridades costarricenses arrestaron a los miembros de lo que presuntamente era la primera organizaci\u00f3n de tr\u00e1fico transnacional de drogas<\/a> del pa\u00eds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Seg\u00fan el Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos<\/a>, en su informe Estrategia Internacional de Control de Narc\u00f3ticos de 2013, Costa Rica carece de los recursos para luchar eficazmente contra el tr\u00e1fico transnacional de drogas. Sin embargo, en junio, el pa\u00eds ampli\u00f3 hasta finales de este a\u00f1o un acuerdo bilateral para llevar a cabo patrullas conjuntas de vigilancia mar\u00edtima<\/a> con la Guardia Costera de Estados Unidos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Las autoridades de Estados Unidos han incautado m\u00e1s de 2 toneladas de coca\u00edna en un barco de Costa Rica en el Pac\u00edfico, destacando el creciente papel que juegan los grupos criminales del pa\u00eds en el comercio de 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