U.S. Surrenders to Costa Rica a Former Police Officer Wanted for Murder

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Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
24
Issue: 
4
Abstract: 
On January 21, 2008, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the removal of Carlos Alberto Fernandez-Mena, a Costa Rica citizen who is wanted for murder in Costa Rica. In October 2007, a court in Cartago, Costa Rica issued an international arrest warrant for him. Fernandez-Mena is a former Costa Rican police officer. On January 19, 2008, officers from the Newark Office of Detention and Removal Operations escorted him to Costa Rica...[more]