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Tuesday 10 May 2011 |
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Costa
Rica,
Nicaragua
Police
Can
Cross
Borders
In Fight
Against
Organized
Crime
Despite
the
ongoing
border
dispute
which
flared
last
year
between
the
countries,
Costa
Rica and
Nicaragua
have
signed
an
agreement
to work
together
in the
fight
against
organized
crime,
reports
EFE.
In
October
2010
Costa
Rica
accused
Nicaragua
of
invading
territory
after it
sent
troops
to the
contested
Isla
Calero,
in the
river
San
Juan, to
oversee
dredging
work. In
March,
the
International
Court of
Justice
in The
Hague
ordered
both
countries
to
remove
all
security
forces
from the
disputed
territory,
and work
to
collaborate
against
organized
crime.
The two
neighbours
have now
agreed
to
implement
a new
system
to
coordinate
intelligence
and
police
work.
They
also
decided
that
police
from
each
country
can
cross
the
border
when
chasing
criminals,
without
this
being
defined
as a
violation
of
sovereignty.
Mauricio
Boraschi,
vice-ministro
de la
Presidencia
and
Costa
Rica’s
national
anti-drug
commissioner,
said
that the
contested
area was
a key
route
for
cocaine
trafficking.
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