Little control on national borders could benefit terrorists aspiring to reach the United States.
Analyst Paúl Cháves believes that going through Costa Rica to reach North American territory is very simple for criminals.
The large number of unguarded areas -better known as blind spots- make the specialist very concern about the issue.
Costa Rica has more than 100 points on the border with Panama that do not have any type of control. Our borders are porous and provide the possibility of penetrating for drug traffickers, fugitives and terrorists,”
said Chaves.
This week, the Ministry of Security arrested a suspect linked to international terrorism. The man’s fingerprints alerted the authorities because they matched with a suspect registered in a data base of the United States.
The Somali national entered Costa Rican territory with a group of migrants and the security system generated the alarm.
It is estimated that 20 thousand migrants passed through national territory, so the efficiency of the system to detect the danger was celebrated by the Minister of Security, Gustavo Mata.
Costa Rica is the last secure border that allows to identify the migrants before entering Central America, because we have a software that allows us to point out the suspects, comparing them with the data from the United States,”
said Mata.
The Minister explained that the country has the equipment to identify suspects entering by land or port. In addition to the software, the authorities seek to shield security through mechanisms such as consultations with Interpol.