President of Costa Rica described as “gossip” the report that would uncover his government's alleged negotiation with drug traffickers

Rodrigo Chaves, president of Costa Rica, described this Saturday as “gossip” a report published by the newspaper The universal that would reveal the alleged negotiation between the Costa Rican Government and drug trafficking groups linked to the Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación cartels.

“A gossip that, like others have done, written by a Costa Rican, spits on the national flag. Thank God official sources say: ‘Bravo, Costa Rica! You as a country are doing the right thing,’” the president said in a press conference.

After the Government Council that was held in the province of Puntarenas, he stated that since his Government installed scanners at the Moín Container Terminal to prevent the passage of drug shipments, it has received recognition from the United States and European countries.

The report Drug trafficking takes hold in Costa Ricasigned by journalist José Meléndez, in which anonymous Costa Rican sources who would have access to confidential information were cited, indicates that the Government of Rodrigo Chaves allegedly negotiated a year ago with organized crime to reduce the number of homicides in exchange for allowing the drug traffic.

The Costa Rican Public Ministry announced an investigation on Wednesday into the alleged negotiation between the president of Costa Rica and drug traffickers. The authorities assured El Universal that so far there is no individual identified as a suspect.

“At the moment the case is being investigated for the alleged crime of breach of duties, without prejudice to the fact that, as the criminal process progresses, some other alleged legal qualification may be established,” the authorities told the Mexican media.

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