Costa Rica Rejects U.S. Bid to Extradite Caribbean Drug Boss

The Criminal Court of Limón turned down a U.S. request to extradite Gilberth Hernán Bell Fernández, known as ‘Macho Coca,’ on Monday afternoon. Judge Jorge Arturo Sequeira Rodríguez issued the ruling at 2:50 p.m., stating that the 62-year-old Costa Rican must face trial in his home country for charges related to international drug trafficking. Bell, […] The post Costa Rica Rejects U.S. Bid to Extradite Caribbean Drug Boss appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate.

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