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Two Mexicans
Detained In "Heli-Coca" Investigation
Two Mexicans are in the hands of Costa Rica
authorities following an intense
investigation into the crash of the
helicopter on May 1, carrying 395 kilos of
cocaine. Judicial authorities did not reveal
the manes of the detained, saying that more
arrests are expected in the coming days and
do not want to hamper their efforts.
Authorities said that the two Mexican
nationals belong to the Mexican drug cartel,
Sinaloa, the area from where the fallen
passenger of the helicopter TI-BBT, German
Trejos, is from.
The helicopter went down in the area of the
Cerro de la Muerte, killing the Costa Rican
pilot, Edgar Arguedas, and Trejos.
According to Aviación Civil (Civil
Aviation), Arguedas has informed that the
helicopter was carrying two passengers, one
identified as German Trejos, supposedly a
photographer and a third person that was not
identified nor found in the area of the
wreckage.
Aviación confirmed to investigators that the
helicopter picked the Mexican in the area of
Manzanillo, Limón, where it is believed that
the cocaine was boarded and was headed to
the Pochotel hotel in Turrialba, the
helicopter crashing before reaching its
destination.
The two men detained by police entered the
country legally and had been staying at a
San Jose hotel. Authorities refused to give
details of where the men were staying or
details of the capture.
The investigation into the crash and the
disappearance of the helicopter's GPS unit
has revealed that at least five people were
the first to reach the crash site and
presumed to have taken the GPS and five
kilos of cocaine, four of which have been
interrogated by the Organismo de
Investigación Judicial (OIJ) in San José,
who told investigators of their ordeal to
reach the crash site, some 12 hours before
rescue personnel got there.
The men told investigators that they were
working when they heard the helicopter pass
over them at a low altitude and moments
later heard the crash.
One of the men, Porfirio Abarca, said that
they walked all day to reach the crash site
after alerting neighours of their intention.
Abarca said that they turned back when night
fell on them and could find nothing.
One of the five that accompanied the local
farmers in search of the crashed helicopter
was the former director of the Fuerza
Pública, José Fabio Pizarro, who assured
investigators that he did not reach the site
as he did not have the co-ordinates, but did
sleep the night in the mountains.
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