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OFAC Sanctions Costa Rican Drug Trafficker

The Office of Foreign Assets Control this week sanctioned Gilbert Hernan de Los Angeles Bell Fernandez, a Costa Rican narcotics trafficker who has played a “significant role” in Costa Rica’s transformation into a major narcotics transit hub. Bell, also known…

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as Macho Coca, is one of the city of Limón’s most “prolific” and violent traffickers, OFAC said, adding that he moves “large quantities of cocaine” and Costa Rican authorities arrested him in 2015.