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Inside Costa Rica's Corruption Network | Costa Rica News
A Costa Rican police officer allegedly betrayed his badge, handing intel and stolen drugs to a notorious crime boss’s crew — only for the boss’s right-hand man, “Míster Músculo,” to turn the tables and gun down OIJ agents before dying in the crossfire. Meanwhile, two judges and an investigator are now suspended and barred from leaving the country after being linked to the same cartel. This explosive case exposes how deeply corruption may have woven itself into the nation’s justice system — and whether Arias Monge’s empire thrived because insiders looked the other way—or helped it grow. Listen…
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