Ties Between Nayor and Casas Uncovered
The bond between Ciro Casas, brother of Costa Rica's second vice-president, Kevin Casas, and drug trafficker, George Nayor, is becoming more and more evident, despite Ciro's claim that Nayor is not a friend and there are no ties between the two.

The first of what could be numerous concrete ties between the two men was discovered in registered Costa Rican corporation according to the records of the Registro Nacional de Costa Rica - the nation's registrar.

The corporation was registered in 1990 and names Nayor as president and Ciro Casas as, firstly vice-president and the general manager. The revelation shows that the two men have known each other for at least 15 years.

The records indicate that the true identity of George Nayor is Julio Nayor Ramos and Casas not only knows the man, a claim that he has denounced publicly, but have been business partners for many years.

The facts are that Julio Nayor, under the name of Geroge Nayor has had close ties to Costa Rica for many years. The corporation Sociedad Parcarba S.A. was created by Ciro Casas on September 4, 1984, who acted as notary public in the registration.

The corporation changes name four years later to Japy Jopo and names Elda Zuñgia, Ciro's wife as president, and Ciro as vice-president. On August 20, 1990, Japy Jopo changes name to Liberta S.A. and Julio Mayor is named president, Ciro Casas as vice-president, Carlos Mayor as secretary and Barbara Martell as accountant.

In the original registration, the Cuban last name is spelled with an M. A year later the records of Liberta are corrected with the spelling of the name which then appears with an N.

The corporate records held at the registry ties Ciro and his wife to Nayor.

According to the El Nuevo Heraldo, Julio Nayor, aka as George Nayor, was arrested in 1992 in the United States on a trip to Costa Rica and freed on bail, allowing his escape from the clutches of U.S. authorities. That same year the Costa Rica a cousing of Ciro Casas is named the new president of Libera.

Six year later, U.S. authorities were able to confiscate us$3.6 million dollars in a Swiss account held by Nayor that authorities said were from drug trafficking.

Nayor is currently being held in a Miami Federal Detention Centre after being deported from El Salvador in September. Nayor is a U.S. citizen of Cuban origin and is accused in the U.S. of drug trafficking and money laundering, wanted by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and linked to the Colombian drug cartel Julio Nasser, who is now deceased.

Nayor is suspected to have a number of businesses throughout Central America which are all being investigated.

Julio Nayor, born on March 7, 1948, is son of Jorge Nayor, also known as El Sirio, who was one of the bank robbers of the Royal Bank of Canada on August 11, 1948.

According to U.S. officials, Nayor used a number of aliases to enter and leave the United States on a regular basis.