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Published on Tuesday,
March 22,
2022
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
A U.S. citizen man surnamed Prikryl, was detained by the Migration Police in Guanacaste.
According to the brief police report, the case began when the police received a complaint about a man's violent behavior in public.
The man was approached by the police when he was near a gas station in Liberia Canton. When verifying the expat's documents, officers realized there was allegedly no record of the man's entry into the country in the database of the General Directorate of Migration.
In a more detailed investigation of the suspect's prior incidents, police found he had a criminal record in the United States in 2020 for public intoxication and possession of controlled substances.
The expat was detained and taken to the Immigration Apprehension Center in San José, where he must wait for the extradition process to the United States to be completed.
This is the
second U.S. citizen arrested this month
by police. Recently an expat surnamed
McPherson was detained by police when
they realized there was an international
arrest warrant against him.
According
to the police report, the man
was arrested in Jacó
Beach,
Puntarenas Province. At the time
of the arrest, the man
identified himself as a Canadian
citizen named James Raymond. However,
when reviewing the documents,
the officers detected several
anomalies. Later, in a biometric
analysis of biological measures,
or physical characteristics,
that can be used to identify
people, such as fingerprints,
and facial recognition, officers
determined that the man's ID was
fake. McPherson
has a criminal record for the
crimes of mail fraud, wire
fraud, money laundering, tax
evasion and conspiracy, police
said in their report. The
suspect was arrested and taken
to the Immigration Apprehension
Center, where he must wait for
the extradition process to the
United States to be completed. The
judicial agents call on the
population to report any
suspicion of unauthorized entry
to the confidential line
800-8000-645. Their bilingual
agents can answer calls in
English or Spanish.
What have you heard about expats entering Costa Rica by unauthorized means? We would like to know your thoughts on this story.Send your comments to news@amcostarica.com   
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