哥斯达黎加于2026年3月20日以贩毒罪向前法官塞尔索·甘博亚引渡美国,这是新宪法规则第一个. Costa Rica extradited former judge Celso Gamboa to the U.S. on March 20, 2026, on drug trafficking charges, marking a first under new constitutional rules.

哥斯达黎加于2026年3月20日将前最高法院法官和安全部长塞尔索·甘博亚引渡到美国,这是该国首次向外国公民发送起诉. Costa Rica extradited former Supreme Court judge and security minister Celso Gamboa to the United States on March 20, 2026, marking the first time the country has sent one of its nationals abroad for prosecution. 美国指控他帮助国际网络通过哥斯达黎加运输可卡因. The 49-year-old faces U.S. drug trafficking and conspiracy charges, accused of helping international networks transport cocaine through Costa Rica. 为了打击犯罪和暴力的增加, 包括每10万人口中谋杀率为17.2人. The extradition followed 2025 constitutional reforms allowing nationals to be extradited, a move aimed at combating rising crime and violence, including a homicide rate of 17.2 per 100,000. 甘博亚曾担任多个高级职位, 包括副总检察长, 他否认了这些指控,称其是有政治动机的, 并声称他将命名涉及到此事的现任官员. Gamboa, who served in multiple top roles including deputy attorney general, denied the allegations, called them politically motivated, and claimed he would name current officials involved. 他和被判犯贩运者埃德温·洛佩兹·维加一起乘坐DEA飞机前往得克萨斯州. He was flown to Texas alongside convicted trafficker Edwin Lopez Vega on a DEA aircraft.