Tag: Costa Rica

  • 400-Kilo Drug Bust at Paris Hilton’s Ranch in Costa Rica

    400-Kilo Drug Bust at Paris Hilton’s Ranch in Costa Rica

      A private runway on a 6000-acre ranch in Costa Rica belonging to celebrity Paris Hilton was the scene of a major drug raid last week netting a half-dozen suspects in the middle of a multimillion-dollar drug deal. According to intelligence and law enforcement officials in the beleaguered Central American country, agents of the Costa…

  • Up in Smoke? 24 Tons of Cocaine in “No Peek Burn Run”

      Its called a "burn run." When the government of Costa Rica asked for assistance in disposing of a huge stash of cocaine and other drugs they’d accumulated during the past two years worth of drug trafficking busts—in airports, in airplanes, and on the high seas—the US was only too willing to help. According to…

  • Costa Rica’s President flew narco-jet to Hugo Chavez funeral

    An American-registered drug plane has been plying the airspace over Central and South America carrying cargoes of cocaine for a good long while (authorities admit they’ve been “investigating” it since 2011) without apparent incident, until recently, when a newspaper in Costa Rica reported that the President of Costa Rica had been seen using it to…