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Jamaican Criminals In Costa Rican Since 2006
The reign of terror by the group of
Jamaicans that resulted in a shoot out with
police in Escazú last week, killing one
Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ)
agent, began in 2006.
The OIJ has identidied two of the group that
has been responsible for killings in Costa
Rica, including the murder of Nehru Trace
Haughton, in April 2007, who was gunned down
in a blaze of gunfire while rising in a taxi
near the La Gallito in Goicoechea.
Lionel Perkins is now believed to be the
leader of the group according to the OIJ who
was the victim of a kidnapping of another
Jamaican in November 2006, one Mc Gordon
Kirkpatrick, who was killed in a shootout
with the oIJ.
The group ran a betting house in San Antonio
de Escazú. The OIJ have been able to piece
the pieces together with the detainment of
two of the gang members, identified as
Campbell and Salmon, who are believed to be
under the command of Perkins.
Perkins is currently in preventive detention
for a year accused of the murder of Milena
Madriz Muñoz on October 29, captured during
a shootout with the OIJ last Tuesday in
Escazú, which saw the death of OIJ agent,
Rándall López Garita.
A 17 year old Jamaican youth was also
detained and currently in preventive
detention under the order of the Juzgado
Penal Juvenil.
OIJ agents uncovered a cache of large
calibre weapons following the raid on the
Escazú home, including AK-47 assault rifles
that penetrated the bullet proof vest worn
by agent López, which are not apt for large
calibre weapons.
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