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flag U.S. sanctions 10 Costa Ricans and entities for cocaine trafficking and money laundering linked to Colombia.

flag The U.S. imposed sanctions on five Costa Ricans and five Costa Rican entities, including a beauty salon, for allegedly helping traffic cocaine from Colombia to the U.S. and Europe. flag The Treasury Department targeted Luis Manuel Picado Grijalba and his brother Jordie Kevin Picado Grijalba as leaders of the network, along with family members and businesses involved in money laundering. flag The sanctions block U.S. assets and ban U.S. dealings with the sanctioned parties. flag The action, part of a broader Trump administration strategy, followed joint investigations by U.S. flag Homeland Security, the DEA, and Costa Rica’s Attorney General. flag It coincides with increased military and intelligence operations in the Caribbean and Pacific, including deadly strikes on smuggling vessels and a CIA drone strike in Venezuela. flag A prior agreement allows Costa Rica to detain U.S. deportees during repatriation.

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