Q COSTA RICA — Costa Rican legislators have moved forward with a bill that would impose prison sentences on people involved in operating clandestine airstrips, as the government seeks to disrupt drug trafficking routes. The Legislative Assembly’s Security and Narcotics Commission approved the proposal unanimously on Thursday, November 12. Introduced...

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