There are 26 people accused of crimes associated with the construction of the border crossing: Public officials, apparently fake inspectors, as well as businessmen and relatives are involved.
The controversial work, developed since 2010 by the government of Laura Chinchilla Miranda (2010-2014), could reach the judicial stage and it could be considered the most notable corruption case in national history.
According to Jorge Chavarría Guzmán, Attorney General, the economic damage that would have suffered the state coffers exceeds 1,2 billion colones .
According to the investigation, there would have been a criminal connection between officials from the National Road Council (CONAVI) and a group of businessmen.
To that end, the companies and the public entrepreneurs would have used false documentation to charge for a work that wasn’t done.
This is list of defendants:
Public workers:
-Acosta Monge
-Serrano Alvarado
-Ramírez Marín
People posing as inspectors from CONAVI:
-Mesén Vargas
-Agüero Gamboa
-Mora Barrantes
Businessmen:
-Castillo Villalobos
-Baralis Crosetti
-Herra Alfaro
-Soto Campos
-Montoya Rodríguez
-Jiménez Alfaro
-Arias Herrera
-Soto López
-Carranza Amores
-Campos Cordero
-Herrera Barrantes
-Pérez Salias
-Arias Quesada
-Herrera Chacón
-Mena Loaiza
-Herrera Chacón
-Campos Vindas
-Méndez Méndez
Accused’s wives:
-Alvarado Víquez, accused Ramírez Marín’s wife, civil servant
-Morera Fernández, Mesen Vargas’ wife, a person who pretended to be an inspector from CONAVI.